Productivity seems so obviously important that we omit to ask why (or whether) that is the case. By assessing current and historic examples, Nick Spencer Hannah Rich and Nathan Mladin unpack where 'greater productivity' has both helped and harmed people across society.

Will being more productive improve your life? 🤔 Nick Spencer, Hannah Rich, and Nathan Mladin question the unexamined idea of productivity in our new report, ‘More: The Problem with Productivity’. Find out more here: bit.ly/4gjupVq

Imagine 'evangelicals' voting for an anti-Christ. O wait, you don't have to imagine...

“The crisis of modernity is that man has tried to reduce the field of reason to what can be empirically verified. By doing so, the deeper questions of human existence are left unanswered.” ~ Joseph Ratzinger (Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures)

We've got a new report out - we're questioning the obsession with productivity, both at the societal/economic and at the personal levels. Have a look!

Post-away day pub with the excellent Theos team after a day of intense thinking about religion and public life, as well as a bring and share lunch featuring Theos-branded sourdough & babka from resident foodie Nathan Mladin #WorkHardEatHard Looking forward to day 2 🙌🏾

Not a huge surprise here, but the undercutting of serious moral deliberation around such a complex, contested issue is truly reprehensible.

What happens when we overemphasise productivity? 💭 ICYMI, we released our report ‘More: The Problem with Productivity’ by Nick Spencer, Hannah Rich and Nathan Mladin. Find it here: bit.ly/4gjupVq

What impact does AI have on faith? 💻 Senior researcher Nathan Mladin featured on the Ethics of AI panel at Bradford Literature Festival discussing the moral questions artificial intelligence raises. Could AI even develop its own faith? Watch the recording below! bit.ly/4esCYeW

"Back from the dead: could AI end grief?" Uhm, NO! tinyurl.com/459mjyvs And here's why: tinyurl.com/2bmw55xv Theos

You have heard it said "There is a battle to be fought for the fate of Western Civilisation" But I say unto you, "The battle is for the soul of the Church in the West."

The sinister predictability of The Economist

The despicable triumph of nihilism

Very perceptive analysis, which resonates with our work at Theos on attitudes to and practices around death, dying and the afterlife: see theosthinktank.co.uk/research/2023/… and theosthinktank.co.uk/research/2024/…

A fantastic summary of one of the lesser known works by Kierkegaard, the Christian existentialist philosopher and enemy of lukewarm and suffering-avoidant faith.

How is TikTok changing faith? Senior researcher @NathanMladin was quoted in The Economist's investigation of #FaithTok. Read it below economist.com/culture/2025/0…

<St Paul>: You (all) are God's Temple and Christ's Body <Wellness influencers>: My body, my temple. <Bryan Johnson longevity guru>: My body*, my God. *(and the AI that tells me what to do to it to live forever) technologyreview.com/2025/05/05/111…

How can we stay fully human in an age of rapidly advancing AI? Nathan Mladin explores how we are becoming increasingly enmeshed with technology, whether we realise it or not... 🔗Read our latest blog here theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025/0…