In this episode, we discuss That Hideous Strength, the final installment of C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. Lewis’s prophetic novel explores the corruption of power, the nature of true humanity, the beauty of marriage, and the dangers of severing science from moral truth. Along the way, we consider why this decades-old story feels surprisingly relevant in an age of artificial intelligence, technological advancement, and competing visions of what it means to flourish as human beings.
Resources:
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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