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04/15/2026

An Irenic Note for Families: How to Retrain Your Family's Algorithms for Well-being

1. Do not engage with negative content. Don’t click, don’t pause, don’t read comments — even a two‑second linger is a “yes” to the algorithm.

2. Actively engage with the content you want more of. Like, save, follow, and search for topics that calm, uplift, or inform you.

3. Use the platform’s built‑in controls. Tap “Not Interested,” mute accounts, hide keywords, and turn off personalized ads.

4. Reduce access. Move apps off your home screen and disable notifications.

5. Pass the word. Work to ensure those around you are also protected in the digital world.

04/15/2026

Parents and educators are facing a public health crisis.

The first step is algorithm literacy. Every member of a family should understand how algorithms learn, what they reward, and how to retrain them.

“The only winning move is not to play.” — WarGames (1983), spoken by the WOPR/Joshua supercomputer

04/15/2026

What Christianity and Science Says About War and Conflict Resolution

"In 1943, the psychologist Abraham Harold Maslow proposed a hierarchy of needs — a theory of human motivation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs arranged human needs into a pyramid of five categories. At the bottom were a human’s basic needs: air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing, and reproduction. Maslow theorized that until and unless these basic needs were met, people could not focus on their higher needs: safety and security; love and belonging; self‑esteem; and finally, self‑realization — which sits at the top of the pyramid."

To borrow from Mr. Crowe's 1989 'Say Anything', Jesus does not sell war, buy war, or process war as a career.

04/15/2026

Irenic Logos is a mid‑form weekly publication examining contemporary issues through the lenses of culture, philosophy, science, history, and theology.

We hope to bring perspective, a moral foundation and editorial clarity to the problems of our common era.

Irenic Logos is in beta, but we invite everyone to join in member discussions about the issues which affect us all.

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