Human resources…exploring our fragile & shared humanity
The Last Children of Down Syndrome
Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
By Sarah Zhang
NPR:: The Sexual Assault Epidemic No One Talks About
Study: US Churches Exclude Children with Autism, ADD/ADHD
David Briggs
Children with the greatest need for a supportive community were the most likely to feel unwelcome.
Everything Happens. Kate Bowler:: John Swinton.
The quality of time depends on our abilities and disabilities, possibilities and limitations. In a world of speed and productivity, Kate speaks with disability theologian John Swinton on how slowing down deepens our ability to love.
Crip Camp
On the heels of Woodstock, a group of teen campers are inspired to join the fight for disability civil rights. This spirited look at grassroots activism is executive produced by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
Radio Lab:: Unfit.
When a law student named Mark Bold came across a Supreme Court decision from the 1920s that allowed for the forced sterilization of people deemed “unfit,” he was shocked to discover that it had never been overturned. His law professors told him the case, Buck v Bell, was nothing to worry about, that the ruling was in a kind of legal limbo and could never be used against people. But he didn’t buy it. In this episode we follow Mark on a journey to one of the darkest consequences of humanity’s attempts to measure the human mind and put people in boxes, following him through history, science fiction and a version of eugenics that’s still very much alive today, and watch as he crusades to restore a dash of moral order to the universe.
the commodity of loneliness…
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NY TIMES:: meet my AI friends
NY Times:: Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.
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America:: The false promise of keeping a loved one ‘alive’ with A.I. grief bots
The Jesuit Review.
Holding on to our loved ones digitally through grief bots. -
AP:: Chatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship
Some American senior citizens have a new companion to help them combat loneliness — a robot. ElliQ is a tabletop device that uses artificial intelligence to conduct human-like conversations with its owners. (Dec. 22)(AP Video/Cody Jackson)
