Working to

make everyday life healthy,

by design.

Both WIRED magazine and the Wall Street Journal recently offered glimpses into trends expected to shape the future of homes. They’re interesting because they raise questions about how we will live, interact with technology and relate to the world around us. They also sketch visions that link these homes to our health.

When an emerging technology is so significant that it promises (threatens?) to transform societies, the way we live and even what it means to be human, it is no surprise that religious leaders will feel compelled to weigh in. Pope Leo XIV did just that last month, joining the dialogue on AI with the release of his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas.

There are three options for dealing with the mismatch between our genomes and the modern world we’ve created: 1) marshal the resources of our vast health care system to treat all the resulting illness; 2) change the environment such that it doesn’t exploit our genetic misalignment by design; or, behind door number 3 – change the humans so that we are less vulnerable to the toxic environment we’ve created.