The reason this matters, the reason we resist the K shaped economy, the false choice politics, the soft tyrannies of soft technologies, is older than our Republic and it will outlast every technology we ever confront. We are not raw material in the hands of those who build the machines. We are persons made in the image of God. Just days ago, Pope Leo pressed this very message, issuing an encyclical that called on all people of goodwill to reject the temptation to build a Tower of Babel, as he put it, rather than a city that promotes human dignity. (34:17–34:27)
CLAIM
Asserts that people should not be treated as resources by technology creators, emphasizing human dignity.
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