CONTRIBUTOR: Jeff Hausman, AVLI Founder & President A few months back, we received word that our petition to join the Rome Call  was accepted. In response to the introduction and rapid development of artificial intelligence, AVLI has been exploring how to best adopt AI into our work and, more importantly, how to foster effective and responsible use in young people. Our desire to join the Rome Call was to ensure that our approach to this burgeoning phenomena would remain rooted in a decidedly...

Merry Christmas…or is it?Much of learning is about hope and momentum. What happens when neither exists?

To describe it in math terms, truth is both a constant and a variable. This has always been the case, but as the world gets smaller and influences magnify, the sheer volume of things we are expected to negotiate requires a much higher threshold of reasoning.

In my last post to CrossCurrents , I began the task of unpacking a way of considering big life issues by seeking truth in the small...

“You know what truth is? It’s some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, ‘Yeah, yeah – ain’t it the truth.’” Fictitious character Rabo Karabekian from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions  (1973) With this post, I’m afraid I am heading back down the rabbit hole.  My initial intention was to write a tidy, concise article about the need to intentionally teach and practice discernment as a practical way of...