Hope in Source

Hope in Source Cover Art

off-the-cuff conversations between friends

finding the sacred in the ordinary

universal within the particular

where word becomes flesh

What happens when anyone can build anything?

Internet Checkpoint

What makes something call out to us?

Salience

Can a conversation have a sense of place?

An Ordinary Walk

Does technology give us control or the illusion of it?

The Façade of Control

What does it really mean to call yourself anything?

Unpacking Belief

How does rationality/ea and faith intersect?

Sacred Charity

How does faith call us to both right action and right emotion?

Right Feeling

Why does everyone care about New York?

Artificial Physicality

How do we all act as protestants online?

Everyone is "Protestant" Online

Where can hope be found?

Finding Hope Amid Burnout

Can our digitally mediated environment be spiritual?

Digital Communion

What is the place of history in our society?

History is Necromancy

What is the nature of reality?

Reality is Personal

Why is Christianity so commercialized?

The Dorean Principle

How can we think about digital communication, let alone silence?

Attending to Silence

Why read Ivan Illich today?

Ivan Illich

How does the digital life shape our perceptions of ourselves?

Digital Disembodiment

What is the state of modern software now, and how is it like losing at Tetris?

Software Tetris

What happens when we open up browser APIs like a filesystem?

TabFS

How do we think about ourselves and the communities we move into?

Essence

How does one come to faith, let alone come back to it?

Reconversion

What is Advent anyway?

Approaching Advent

Is technology just of chips and gadgets?

Technology as Process

Can there be knowledge without a knower?

Embodied Knowledge

What does a convivial society entail?

The Convivial Society

Can we consider limits as a gift?

Natural Limits

What can we learn from someone's last tweets?

Emotional Programming

Do we think about how the places in which we live are passed down?

Inhabiting Heritage

Is more (information, people, code) always better?

Managing Over-Participation

What happens to our religions when they meet the Internet?

Very Online

What does flourishing look like?

Towards Shalom

Why do we so easily forget where we come from?

Legacy

What's life after removing yourself from social media?

Life After Digital Death

Why would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms?

Unlisting Yourself

What does it mean to be code adjacent?

Open Knowledge

Why attempt to faithfully recreate the past?

Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously

Is programming all digital or do we still have embodied roots?

Embodiment Through Metaphors

Is the open source community a gift economy?

Open Source as a Gift Economy

How should we think about saving something forever?

The Commitment to Infinite Uptime

In our excitement to develop products for the future do we neglect the past?

Preserving the (Digital) Past

Why play or even make games?

Mastery and Learning through Games

Do we learn in a vacuum, or does it involve our whole selves?

Growing Old with the Web

Why should we standardize?

The Significance of Standards

How can we be free?

Funding One's Freedom

How old is open source anyway?

Getting Old in Open Source

What do we treasure?

Perception of Value

How is business development relevant to open source?

Boundaries

What's beyond simply beating a video game?

Speedrunning as Research

Why not record an conversation while getting a haircut?

Haircut

Is the city a toaster (an object) or a cat (a living organism)?

City as Liturgy

Why do we trust anyone?

Trust

How do our rituals shape us?

Liturgy

Does authority have a place in religion?

Authority and Leadership

How do symbols and stories foster culture?

Mythology and Symbolism

How do communities handle money?

Money

How do we evangelize our ideas?

Evangelism

Can everything that matters be measured?

Holy Inefficiency

Why do we do what we do?

Intrinsic Motivation

What does it mean to join a community?

Community Membership

Why does faith seem so prevalent among open source developers?

Faith and Open Source