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”

If there was ever a time to deny the separation between “town” and “gown” this appears to be it. Once upon a time, perhaps, there was a… Read more “Robots, Peace, and Justice”

In response to covid isolation and the necessity of teaching online, I’ve started hosting discussions about religion, science, and technology online. I’m streaming as ProfessorGeraci on Twitch,… Read more “Streaming on Twitch”

I’ll be honest…I am a great admirer of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister. He wasn’t perfect, but Pandit Nehru was instrumental in India’s nationalist effort to… Read more “Hindu Nationalism and the Decay of Science”

Way back in 2005, when World of Warcraft was still the hottest thing in videogaming, there was an epidemic: the plague of Corrupted Blood. Some years later,… Read more “Coronavirus and the Corrupted Blood Incident in World of Warcraft”

Last fall I was at the AI conference hosted by the CPG in Bangkok, sitting next to Erik Vermeulen of Tilburg University and Phillips Electronics, when a… Read more “The Paperclip Singularity”

On the first day of Chanukah, my family and I went to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The influence of Christian and Buddhist traditions on… Read more “Chanukah, Climate Change, and Star Wars”

Does teaching require teachers? When MOOCs were all the rage, so too was the idea that the teaching professoriate was living in its last days–surely some videos… Read more “Automating Education”