New York and other cities are now tracking everyone, every day, forever.

Does social media turn two brutal killings this past week into, quote, cheap snuff films?

Should workers get fired over social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk's death or other such deaths, and millions of people are

turning to spiritual chatbots. These are the stories we'll discuss, and we'll also address

some of your questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. This is the

Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update, brought to you by Talibault School Theology,

Biola University.

Scott, as always, there was a lot of stories this week, tough to pick from.

The stories related to Charlie Kirk just continued to dominate the news for a range of reasons.

And it occurred to me that there was a number of elements related to his assassination

that are larger cultural, ethical issues we just haven't discussed.

So kind of gave us opportunity to weigh into these issues.

And the first one that I don't think we've talked about is police surveillance.

And of course, this was big after 9-11, but now with a number of deaths recently and assassinations,

it's kind of launched back into the cultural conversation as well as the technology that we

have.

So this is a piece in the New York Times that says basically, wherever people go in New

York City, there's a good chance the police are tracking you, entering a subway system.

And for instance, your identity, baking information, location can trickle into databases. Walk down a street, you're likely being recorded by one of thousands of security cameras

that'll go to the New York Police Department.

Driving in the city and traffic cameras will automatically photograph your car,

capturing your vehicle's license plate, make model color, distinctive markings, and even

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