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Posted on October 3, 2018October 4, 2018

Robots and Rerum Novarum

I’ve been a blur of preparations this week for the city of Roanoke, VA’s Generic Magic Festival (copyright protections prevent them from hosting a “Harry Potter” festival, so instead we’ll celebrate the spirit of those books in a generic way), to which I have been invited to give a talk about robots. Yes, I said robots. I am a liturgist and Church musician, and I’m traveling 6+ hours this weekend, missing both Masses I play for, to talk about robots. (Actually, it’s also about the house-elves fromĀ Harry Potter, and how they act a lot more like robots than elves.)

Am I crazy? Well… maybe, but not about this. Continue reading “Robots and Rerum Novarum”

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