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How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

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    • 4.9 • 41 Ratings

How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

    The PloughRead: Computers Can’t Do Math by David Schaengold

    The PloughRead: Computers Can’t Do Math by David Schaengold

    David Schaengold argues that computers can’t do math and the human mind is a marvel that no machine has matched.

    • 34 min
    The PloughRead: Give Me a Place by Brian Miller

    The PloughRead: Give Me a Place by Brian Miller

    Brian Miller, an East Tennessee farmer, praises a simple piece of technology.

    • 9 min
    The PloughRead: The Artificial Pancreas by Peter Mommsen

    The PloughRead: The Artificial Pancreas by Peter Mommsen

    Peter Mommsen asks how we can live well with technology?

    • 26 min
    The PloughRead: ChatGPT Goes to Church by Arlie Coles

    The PloughRead: ChatGPT Goes to Church by Arlie Coles

    Arlie Coles asks if large language models should write sermons and prayers.

    • 25 min
    The PloughRead: Taming Tech in Community by Andrew Zimmerman

    The PloughRead: Taming Tech in Community by Andrew Zimmerman

    Andrew Zimmerman tells how the Bruderhof community tries to be intentional about personal technology.

    • 16 min
    The PloughRead: Send Us Your Surplus by Matthew Loftus

    The PloughRead: Send Us Your Surplus by Matthew Loftus

    Matthew Loftus reminds Western donors not to send junk to his Kenyan hospital while stressing that they do depend on Western excess.

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
41 Ratings

41 Ratings

TooIllOrEase ,

An exceptional episode

Based solely on this podcast's position (the lead) in relation to myriad others discussing 'That Hideous Strength', I award the highest honor it is within my gift to bestow, the CS Lewis dramatic exit.

AngloHumphrey ,

Less Russell Moore please

Susannah is great. The rest is tolerable. Russell Moore is painful.

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