# The Medium is the Message w/ Peter Berkman ‪of Anamanaguchi‬

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Podcast: [New Polity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-157784)
Published: 2025-10-08T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Technology has given an untrained humanity unprecedented power over itself. Peter Berkman, following Marshall McLuhan and Romano Guardini, argues that he "digital world" has rapidly replaced other modes of human interaction, and AI presents a rapid acceleration of that movement. In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Peter Berkman discuss this development and the Christian response.

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