Optimizing for Holiness: App Culture and Catholic Spirituality

Optimizing for Holiness: App Culture and Catholic Spirituality

Over the last ten years, lifestyle apps have come to play a major role in our culture. Fitness apps, the ubiquitous diet app Noom, meditation and mindfulness apps such as Calm and Headspace, and general-purpose habit-building apps (Fabulous, Streaks, and many others) are used by millions, and the thinking that underlies them can be heard from writers and influencers across numerous media. More recently, Catholics have gotten into the game, build…