The Map
Two views of the same twelve thinkers. The movement of a thinker between the views is the insight.
Should Christians preserve limits or accelerate transformation?
How central is technology to Christian hope against suffering and death — and how much should we fear technological idolatry?
The bottom-left quadrant of Map 2 is empty by design: no major figure in this canon is both indifferent to technology as a Christian hope and unworried about technological idolatry. That emptiness is one of the most useful observations the two-map system makes visible.
Static map data
All twelve thinkers and their map coordinates. Equivalent to the interactive map above, for screen readers, mobile preview, and offline reading.
| Thinker | Strand | Map 1 limits ↔ accelerate |
Map 2 X hope against death |
Map 2 Y idolatry concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Thiel b. 1967 |
Build + Expose | +0.95 | 0.95 | 0.85 |
| Friedrich Dessauer 1881–1963 |
Build and Heal | +0.85 | 0.90 | 0.40 |
| Francis Bacon 1561–1626 |
Build and Heal | +0.65 | 0.70 | 0.30 |
| Sergio Quinzio 1927–1996 |
All three strands | +0.45 | 0.85 | 0.80 |
| Robert Boyle 1627–1691 |
Build and Heal | +0.35 | 0.60 | 0.30 |
| Paul Scherz b. 1979 |
Humanize and Limit | -0.10 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| Francis (and the Vatican AI corpus) b. 1936 |
Humanize + Expose | -0.20 | 0.50 | 0.85 |
| Romano Guardini 1885–1968 |
Humanize and Limit | -0.30 | 0.40 | 0.65 |
| C. S. Lewis 1898–1963 |
Humanize + Expose | -0.45 | 0.20 | 0.90 |
| Ivan Illich 1926–2002 |
Humanize + Expose | -0.50 | 0.40 | 0.85 |
| Jacques Ellul 1912–1994 |
Expose False Salvation | -0.75 | 0.15 | 0.95 |
| Paul Kingsnorth b. 1972 |
Expose False Salvation | -0.85 | 0.10 | 0.95 |
Map 1 ranges from −1 (preserve limits) to +1 (accelerate transformation). Map 2 axes range from 0 to 1; higher means more emphasis on the dimension named.