It's a tall order to live up to the impact of Rerum novarum, the encyclical by the former Pope Leo that greatly guided thinking out of the industrial revolution. Personally, I'm excited to read this. If we take the claims of most AI labs at face value, they believe their work will fundamentally change the relationship between humans and the economy. More involvement from faith leaders is a good thing.

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thrawa8387336 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah good propaganda, how much time after the Industrial Revolution was Rerum novarum?

At least they didn't pick Dario lest he burst in flames

	▲	aidenn0 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		About 50 years by Wikipedia's reckoning.

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levocardia 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The intentional parallels are hard to miss:

- Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum; current Pope Leo XIV chose his name as an explicit gesture to his nominative predecessor

- This encyclical is a return to the earlier tradition of latin names (Magnifica Humanitas) for encyclicals, as opposed to many of Pope Francis' which used Italian (Laudato si')

- The official date it was signed was 135 years to the day since Rerum Novarum

- The Pope is personally appearing and speaking at the presentation; usually these encyclicals are just released at a small press conference without the Pope himself being there

Rerum Novarum intentionally tracked a third path, rejecting both socialism and laissez faire capitalism at the end of the 19th century. Gesturing so overtly towards it suggests that this new encyclical will also try to establish a "third way," grounded (as the title suggests) in human dignity.

Leo XIV has not published any encyclicals yet; this will be his first, and an extremely ambitious one at that. I also am very eager to read it.

	▲	david_shi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's interesting how natural historic mimesis seems to be in these vaunted roles. Presidents have their favorite past counterparts, so did emperors, and clearly the Pope does as well. Does this kind of imitation prevent truly creative action taking? Did Akhenaten have someone in mind when he declared his own religion?

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boppo1 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, the industrial revolution probably could have gone a little better.

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solenoid0937 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe, but it went pretty damn well. The AI revolution will be a success if it goes anywhere close to as well.

	▲	mistrial9 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		too bad about Lake Eerie

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eikenberry 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hopefully this time we can avoid multiple, world wide wars.

	▲	dylan604 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If you're in a country where war is occurring, it doesn't matter if it's a world war or not. There are conflicts in pretty much every continent. North America is waging war in the Middle East. Europe has a multiyear conflict threatening to spill across more borders. Several countries in Africa are in conflict even if they are civil wars. North America, while not waging outright war, is in conflict with a South American country. The Asian continent is nearly routinely going through border skirmishes. Antarctica doesn't count. The Australian continent seems the only one without active conflicts. So 5/6 continents capable of being part of world war is in warlike conditions.
	▲	SV_BubbleTime 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You can hope… but there is a matter of global debt and account that sooner or later will be settled.