The war in Ukraine has tanks in the streets, but don’t miss the invisible weapons—hackers from both sides are launching online attacks. Chris & Adam ask a really subtly perplexing question: is digital war violence?

Big Topics Include

This episode floats into all sorts of things:

• The 31 year old digital marketer who has become the tech mastermind behind Ukraine’s digital offense and defense

• Some of the history of the world being very slow to recognize online attacks as “real attacks”

• What is hacking really anyway? Like, what do they actually DO?

• What does scripture and church theology say about the rights and wrongs of war? Just war theory? Christian Pacifism?

• How do we apply these Christian ethics from other eras to today’s digital warfare?

Mykhailo Fedorov (meh KY lo FED-er-of)

Did we pronounce his name right? Questionable. We tried hard.

Links to Learn More

Wired Magazine: Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory

Jacques Elull Violence: Reflections from a Christian Perspective (1969)

Foreign Affairs: Digital Disorder issue

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