The Doctor immediately began tweeting about "dialogue" in ways that demonstrated the anonymous creator's deep suspicion of it. "Remember, you can't spell 'dialogue' without 'U' and 'I' but the 'I' always has to come first!" he tweeted on Oct. 2. Of course, the champion of the dialogue parodied by this Twitter account is Pope Francis. Since the beginning of his pontificate, Francis has consistently drawn attention to the central importance of dialogue for the church. In his 2013 apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium," the pope exhorted us to walk along "the path of dialogue," enumerating various ways in which the church and individual Christians can embark on this path. In his 2015 encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si'," Pope Francis argued that genuine dialogue must be at the heart of humanity's efforts to address ecological devastation. Appeals to dialogue also appear over and over again in Pope Francis' speeches, morning homilies and audiences.

Highly Technocratic Sweden is the world leader in driving cash out of society, opting for all digital transactions. Citizens are finally figuring out what could happen if the digital system got turned off, or if they were denied access to it. Citizens in other countries should pay close attention. ⁃ TN Editor
 

It is hard to argue that you cannot trust the government when the government isn't really all that bad. This is the problem facing the small but growing number of Swedes anxious about their country's rush to embrace a cash-free society. Most consumers already say they manage without cash altogether, while shops and cafes increasingly refuse to accept notes and coins because of the costs and risk involved. Until recently, however, it has been hard for critics to find a hearing.