Dan Turello
Cultural historian specializing in medieval Italy and a photographer, author of Connection: How Technology Can Make Us Better Humans, and essayist on technology and culture.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 39min
Was St. Francis of Assisi the First Silicon Valley Critic? Dan Turello on 800-Years of Tech Anxiety
Dan Turello, cultural historian of medieval Italy and photographer, explores tech as anything that extends the body. He traces modern tech anxiety to medieval reactions like St. Francis’s counterculture and Dante’s nostalgia. Conversation jumps from mindful photography and agency to worries about AI’s lack of provenance and how technology shapes who controls narratives.
