In addition to the threats discussed in previous posts, there is another type of violence that is subtle and looks friendly while it is in fact a threat to humanity. This threat is related to advances in information technology which will reduce the human workforce in the current generation and their children.
The advent of robots (computer machines) that can mimic and replace human workers is already here. Highly artificial intelligence products are already being marketed such as the car that drives itself, robots in manufacturing establishments, voice-recognition technology that receives your order and responds verbally in your language. Google, Amazon, Apple, and many other giant companies (based in the silicon valley in the U.S.) have already made advances in such technology.
An interesting discussion is found on The Agenda in an interview earlier this year with Andrew McAfee, economics Professor at MIT. You may wish to see it here:
As an economist, McAfee co-authored a book “Race Against The Machine..” which exposes the misdistribution of capital and rising poverty everywhere as a result of an excessive neo-Capitalism.
Together with the above consumerist trend, materialist philosophies are behind most studies in universities and schools that aggressively deny the spiritual/religious needs of mankind and reduce man to matter and the mind to brain.
Based on the above frame, I ask Christian families to help their children learn the new technologies for their jobs and (more to the point) to come to Church and abide by her teaching. You can refer to the Second Vatican Council, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. They are available here:
I may be dreaming about achieving unity but we must always have hope.
Let us remember that this month is dedicated to Mary Mother of God. Here is a hymn in remembrance of her devotion to Christ her Son:
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