As I See It: Compassionate Computing, Or Dalai On The Desktop
June 10, 2013 Victor Rozek
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Phowa is a Sanskrit word meaning “the transference of consciousness at the time of death.” The intersection of science and religion, technology and spirituality, forms an uneasy junction, often distrustful and frequently violent. Historically, science has been derisive of faith, and believers were naturally suspicious of science. Thus, for centuries, few things have been more intransigent to change than religion. It came, if at all, at a glacial pace, resistant to modernity, impervious to reason. And perhaps that was as it should be. If you believe you have a pipeline to the divine–that revelation is yours alone; and that your |
