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What Does Pride Have to do With Marriage, Modern Tech, and this C.S. Lewis Sci-Fi?

Historically pride was called the queen of vices for a reason. What does it have to do with the relationship breakdown in modern society, modern tech advancement, and the destruction of the natural world?

Everything.

In this episode, Liberty reviews a 1945 science fiction novel—That Hideous Strength—in which C.S. Lewis imagined many of the problems we are seeing play out in the modern world. But for the final installment in what has been called the Space Trilogy, Lewis’s approach is surprisingly down-to-earth.

More Resources: Memento Vivere https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/20…

‘Incarnating That Ghost:’ Reflecting on Marriage, Nature, and That Hideous Strength https://libertymcartor.substack.com/p…

Point of View Next Generation Roundtable Discussion of “Memento Vivere” https://www.youtube.com/live/3dqzy_ch…

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Understanding Transhumanism With Help From Tolkien, Lewis, and Ancient Literature

Sam Altman talks about uploading his brain to the cloud. Elon Musks says humans should merge biological intelligence with digital intelligence. Peter Thiel isn’t sure if the human race should continue without that kind of human-tech merger. What do these tech leaders have in common? Transhumanism—the idea that humans should be able to change, or even eradicate, their physical bodies by merging with technology.

This may sound sci-fi, but the core tenets of transhumanism aren’t actually new. In fact, humans have been moving toward this idea for a long time. Some even predicted it.

In this episode, Liberty discusses how ancient and classic literature and thinkers of the past, including J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, can help us understand transhumanism and the “brave new world” we find ourselves in.

More Resources:

Do You Want to Live Forever? A Tolkienian Critique of Transhumanism by Julie Miller

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

Christians Reading Classics by Nadya Williams

https://zondervanacademic.com/products/christians-reading-classics

Inside the alarming cyborg future ‘transhumanists’ Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Sam Altman are already preparing for

https://nypost.com/2026/04/15/tech/inside-the-alarming-cyborg-future-transhumanists-elon-musk-peter-thiel-and-sam-altman-are-preparing-for

How Ben Sasse is Living Now That He’s Dying