<p>Our parents watched humanity land a man on the moon from their living room TV. It was a new era of hope, but it somehow disappeared. Can technology make us hopeful people?</p><p><br></p><p>Hope can send us soaring to the stars, but when our lives sink beneath the wind and the waves, what happens to hope then? Amid the hurricanes of today’s technology, hope seems less like a rocket ship soaring above it all and more “like the thing with feathers.” </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Adam and Chris look at the materials required for building real hope, and they explore whether social media, smartphones, or AI are tools for constructing a home or weapons of mass destruction. Drawing on Scripture, story, and the work of Stanley Hauerwas, they look for the blueprints to build a sturdy hope. And they consider what role technology can play in building a hope that will withstand life’s storms.<br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li><p>The role that suffering plays in Christian hope</p></li><li><p>Whether smartphones, social media, and AI preach rival gospels of hope</p></li><li><p>The vices of fantasy, apathy, cynicism, and optimism</p></li><li><p>Why story and imagination have central roles in building a durable hope</p></li><li><p>Whether hope is good for anything more than motivational posters</p></li><li><p>What the moon landing can teach us about communal hope and its limits</p></li></ul><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><p>Stanley Hauerwas, <a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802878793/the-character-of-virtue/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson</em></a><em>. </em>Buy a copy and read along with us!</p></li><li><p>Daniel Nayeri, <a href="https://www.danielnayeri.com/everythingsadisuntrue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Everything Sad Is Untrue</em></a></p></li><li><p>Jürgen Moltmann, <a href="https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/2126/Theology-of-Hope-On-the-Ground-and-the-Implications-of-a-Christian-Eschatology" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Theology of Hope</em></a></p></li><li><p>Viktor Frankl, <a href="https://www.beacon.org/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-P602.aspx" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Man’s Search for Meaning</em></a></p></li><li><p>C.S. Lewis, <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/prince-caspian-the-chronicles-of-narnia-book-4-c-s-lewis?variant=40027734016078" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Prince Caspian</em></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://biblehub.com/nlt/romans/5.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Romans 5</a>, on suffering’s role in Christian hope</p></li><li><p><a href="https://biblehub.com/nlt/1_corinthians/13.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">1 Corinthians 13</a>, on faith, hope, and love as enduring theological virtues</p></li></ul><p><strong>Talk Back</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://www.deviceandvirtue.com/talk-back" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Leave us a 90-second voice message about this episode.</a> We may feature it in a future segment!</p><ul><li><p>Follow Device &amp; Virtue on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deviceandvirtue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>. </p></li><li><p>Follow Chris on Threads, and <a href="https://www.christianitytomorrow.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Adam on Substack</a>. </p></li><li><p>Support Device &amp; Virtue. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/deviceandvirtue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Learn how</a>.</p></li></ul>