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Phrase of the day:

"Orthopraxic robots"

Robots are being in used in religious rituals worldwide -- often because they're extremely reliable and precise, useful in traditions and rituals that prize proper execution ("orthopraxic")

The anthropologist Holly Waters wonders: What does it mean if robots can be better at religious observances than we humans are?

Item #10 in my latest Linkfest newsletter -- free to read (and pay-what-you-want subscribe) here: buttondown.email/clivethompson…

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