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Zachary D. Schmoll
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Zachary D. Schmoll
Bio
Curriculum Vitae
Disability and the Problem of Evil
Videos
Blog
Contact
Bio
Curriculum Vitae
Disability and the Problem of Evil
Videos
Blog
Contact
A Brief Start to Defining Ethical AI Usage
Writing Zak Schmoll 5/30/25 Writing Zak Schmoll 5/30/25

A Brief Start to Defining Ethical AI Usage

in which I start to think about ethical AI usage in writing

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Johnny Lawrence: A Flawed Hero We Can Cheer For
Culture Zak Schmoll 2/13/25 Culture Zak Schmoll 2/13/25

Johnny Lawrence: A Flawed Hero We Can Cheer For

Yes, it is possible to cheer for the guy who beat up Daniel LaRusso.

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The Top Six Books I Read in 2024
Reading Zak Schmoll 12/21/24 Reading Zak Schmoll 12/21/24

The Top Six Books I Read in 2024

My annual recap of my favorite books.

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A Good Day in Vermont
Sports Zak Schmoll 12/17/24 Sports Zak Schmoll 12/17/24

A Good Day in Vermont

There are so many great stories to tell about this team, but here are just a few.

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Everybody Makes Mistakes, but Not Us
Miscellaneous Zak Schmoll 11/29/24 Miscellaneous Zak Schmoll 11/29/24

Everybody Makes Mistakes, but Not Us

It is really easy to see other people's mistakes, but much harder to see our own.

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Are You a Player, Coach, or Referee?
Miscellaneous Zak Schmoll 11/27/24 Miscellaneous Zak Schmoll 11/27/24

Are You a Player, Coach, or Referee?

Know your role. Excel at it.

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Why We Still Create Institutions
Culture Zak Schmoll 11/22/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 11/22/24

Why We Still Create Institutions

They can let us down, but we still keep making them.

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How to Find the Right Ladder: Reflecting on Aaron Renn's Post on Social Status
Culture Zak Schmoll 10/18/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 10/18/24

How to Find the Right Ladder: Reflecting on Aaron Renn's Post on Social Status

Am I called to be an elite?

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Christianity Calls the Adventurous
Christianity Zak Schmoll 10/14/24 Christianity Zak Schmoll 10/14/24

Christianity Calls the Adventurous

The Christian worldview is big enough to take us on any adventure we want.

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SocialAI: A Sad Technology
Culture Zak Schmoll 9/18/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 9/18/24

SocialAI: A Sad Technology

At its base, SocialAI is a sad technology, exploiting the vulnerable.

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Three Keys to Healthy Communities from Three Eclectic Movies
Culture Zak Schmoll 8/9/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 8/9/24

Three Keys to Healthy Communities from Three Eclectic Movies

Three underappreciated scenes that tell us something about building healthy communities.

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Shire Economics: Capitalism, Distributism, or Something in Between
Scholarship Zak Schmoll 7/19/24 Scholarship Zak Schmoll 7/19/24

Shire Economics: Capitalism, Distributism, or Something in Between

What is the economic vision put forward in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth?

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Human Value and One-Hit Wonders
Culture Zak Schmoll 6/19/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 6/19/24

Human Value and One-Hit Wonders

What would happen if we judged music like we judged human value?

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Book Review: Christians in Culture: Cultivating a Christian Worldview for All of Life
Book Review Zak Schmoll 5/11/24 Book Review Zak Schmoll 5/11/24

Book Review: Christians in Culture: Cultivating a Christian Worldview for All of Life

If you have never thought about how Christianity is a worldview that should influence your behavior in every area of your life, this would be a great place to start.

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Imagining Authors in Our Own Image
Reading Zak Schmoll 4/27/24 Reading Zak Schmoll 4/27/24

Imagining Authors in Our Own Image

Sometimes we want authors we love to look just like us. We run a danger when we interpret authors by anything beyond trying to understand what they meant.

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On Non-Christian "Evangelicals"
Culture Zak Schmoll 3/1/24 Culture Zak Schmoll 3/1/24

On Non-Christian "Evangelicals"

Just because someone says he is in evangelical does not mean that he actually is.

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Book Review: Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture
Book Review Zak Schmoll 2/3/24 Book Review Zak Schmoll 2/3/24

Book Review: Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture

Aaron Renn's new release is a practical, thoughtful consideration of how Christians ought to respond to living in the negative world we find ourselves in.

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Book Review: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
Book Review Zak Schmoll 1/13/24 Book Review Zak Schmoll 1/13/24

Book Review: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

I fear that this book is going to be best remembered as evidence to those who want to see evangelicals in a negative light that all of us evangelicals were precisely the kind of crazy, hateful, spiteful, greedy people they knew we were all along.

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Humility: A 2024 Resolution
Personal Zak Schmoll 1/1/24 Personal Zak Schmoll 1/1/24

Humility: A 2024 Resolution

Many of us struggle with humility, but teaching a class on Biblical genealogies opened my eyes recently.

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Finding Christmas Joy in the Post-Christian World
Culture Zak Schmoll 12/24/23 Culture Zak Schmoll 12/24/23

Finding Christmas Joy in the Post-Christian World

Should we give up hope because so many people don’t seem to understand the true meaning of Christmas?

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