Topic

Smart Glasses & Wearables

Head-worn displays and the bet that computing belongs on your face. From the Vision Pro to Meta's Orion, when the screen stops being something you hold and starts being something you wear.

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Key ideas

01A device you wear is harder to put down than one you hold.

02Mediated sight is still mediation; ask what it edits out of the world.

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EP 122Sep 22, 2026

When Gluttony Meets Technology, with Michael Bothwell

Michael Bothwell, one of the show’s new speakers, wrote his paper for Andrew’s technology course on gluttony, and joins the hosts to define it. Calorie trackers, Strava, a smart scale and a keto diet; whether the drive-thru is really the problem; why churches that fast also need to feast; and how two of the hosts changed their minds about Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs.

EP 84Jul 14, 2025

What Churches Need to Know About Smart Glasses

Smart glasses are coming to the pew; the hosts on presence, distraction, and worship.

EP 56Oct 4, 2024

Meta's Orion Is About More Than AR Glasses

Meta's Orion glasses point past AR to a deeper bet about mediated reality, and what motivates the company building it.

EP 29Jun 6, 2023

Apple Vision Pro — Sin or Savior?

Apple's Vision Pro promises a new kind of presence. Does spatial computing connect us, or quietly isolate us? A first Christian read.