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Josh Valentin

Josh Valentin

Josh Valentin is a Junior Program Officer for the sociopolitical apostolate of the Philippine Jesuits.
Josh Valentin

Josh Valentin

Josh Valentin is a Junior Program Officer for the sociopolitical apostolate of the Philippine Jesuits.

US and Filipino officials gather for the inauguration of a marker at the site of the Philippines' Economic Security Zone in Tarlac. (Photo: Facebook/US Embassy in thePhilippines)

Is there humanity in Pax Silica?

When read in the light of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, the Philippines’ AI hub poses a choice between building “Babel” and rebuilding “Jerusalem,” between technology that dehumanizes and technology serving human dignity.

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