Many years ago, I wrote a paper arguing that religious cultures help explain why — particularly at that time — U.S. scientists and engineers were more interested… Read more “Robots: The Stuff of Religion”

Can’t wait? Skim below for a coupon that’ll let you buy Temples of Modernity directly from the publisher at a price just over $30. Can’t wait that… Read more “Temples of Modernity – much more reasonable price!”

Lots of people want to separate religion and science into separate spheres, thereby eliminating conflict between the two. But those efforts at demarcation seem theoretically naive. They… Read more “Resolving the demarcation problem in religion and science”

I couldn’t be present for the entirety of day 2, but I was able to get online for most of the event. I’m really busy today, so… Read more “Narratives of AI in India – day 2”

I must have mentioned that my new book, coming out this year, is about artificial intelligence in the U.S. and India. In particular, it engages conversations or… Read more “Narratives of AI in India”

I suppose everyone has an axe or two to grind. Among mine are the myriad ways in which people (scholars included), persist in their commitment to beliefs… Read more “Revisiting the conflict thesis”

It turns out that Anthony Levandowski’s Way of the Future Church wasn’t the way anyone was looking for: TechCrunch recently posted about that WotF is closing its… Read more “Not much of a eulogy at the demise of not much of a church of artificial intelligence”

I find myself disconcerted. Worried. This semester, I’ve been teaching a seminar on Hindu Nationalism. My students are engaging questions of religion, secularism, and the politics of… Read more “Religions, nationalism, hate, politics”

Just recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to discuss my book, Temples of Modernity, with Dr. Raj Balkaran who runs the New Books in Hindu Studies podcast.… Read more “For whom the author writes”

I started this post several ages ago but I never got around to finishing it. One of my more widely cited ideas was one that I hoped… Read more “Japan’s contribution to the ethics of AI and robotics”