Father Robert Ballecer, aka The Digital Jesuit, lives two lives: One as a dedicated Jesuit priest working at the Vatican in Rome, and the other as a lifelong tech nerd. Here he explains why those seemingly different aspects of his life are actually one and the same.

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• Father Robert's experience living in Rome and contrasts with more tech-centric cities
• Father Robert's role in the church and how it relates to his technology work
• Father Robert's childhood interest in technology and parental support
• Early experiences with dumpster diving for computer parts
• Fixing and selling TRS-80 computers
• Running a Bulletin Board System (BBS) as a youth
• Selling refurbished floppy disks through a BBS
• Early experiences with YouTube and content creation
• Monetization of YouTube content and optimization techniques
• Discussion of pre-iPod MP3 players and early consumer tech
• Father Robert's experiences with hacking school computer systems
• Phone phreaking and early hacking experiences
• Father Robert's interest in The Expanse sci-fi series and its realistic technology
• Discussion of fusion technology and energy conversion as potential future developments

Fr. Robert Ballecer on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/padresj

Fr. Robert Ballecer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DigitalJesuit

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