Two men who never met, yet had remarkably common views about the world and massive impact in their own realms are finally being brought together -- in their own words. The Center for the Study of Digital Life (CSDL) has mined the works of both men to shine light on their answers to three fundamental questions:

  1) Q: Do we still live in the Modern World? 
A: No, we are already in a radically new paradigm. 

2) Q: What caused that to happen without us noticing? 
A: New technologies bring new sensibilities and new sciences. 

3) Q: What do we do about it? 
A: This is spiritual warfare; form a Spiritual Council.

Come join us April 24 from 3-5pm at the Holy Family Parish in Toronto, Ontario for a lively reading of passages from both Marshall McLuhan and Fr. Romano Guardini, along with a stimulating open-discussion on how their work helps us to understand an increasingly chaotic world.  Today's  headlines would not have surprised either of them.  They saw this coming! Marshall called hims​elf an "apocalypsist" -- meaning that he was "revealing" what we need to know about media environments.  Romano has been called the "Prophet of Lake Como" and also anticipated the dramatic effects of technology on society.  Both had radical insights that we now need to understand, as we navigate our new Digital landscape.

Dianoetikon: A Practical Journal

Vol 1. Ecology of the Inner Senses

Dianoetikon: A Practical Journal is a publication of the Center for the Study of Digital Life (CSDL). This first issue explores Faculty Psychology and, in particular, the organization and practical implications of the "Inner Senses,” which are the subconscious seat of human perception. 

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About Us

In recent years, the Center for the Study of Digital Life has stepped up and taken a more public posture.  We are now a sizable cohort.  We've published articles, given interviews, taught summer schools, and, it seems, attracted some attention.  Timing has a lot to do with this.  That said, however sharp one's observations might be, for them to have an audience, the preparations must be laid.  The popular subconsciousness has to be ready to consider "outlying" thinkers.  Technology has to do its destabilizing work.  New paradigms must be welcomed (or feared).  Shocks can then turn into heightened efforts at awareness.

Mark Stahlman, President of CSDL