Posts for Tag: materialism
Warning! AI May Be The Modern World’s Ouija Board
I wrote a series of articles, collectively titled My Journey to Jesus, on the network a few years ago. I have more recently compiled them together and begun writing about the rest of my life, drafting a memoir of sorts.
I say “of sorts” because it will be a difficult memoir to publish: far too Christian for a secular publisher, and far too emotionally honest for a Christian one. [Read More]
We're Building a Dystopia Just to Make People click on Ads - Zeynep Tufekci
We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says technosociologist Zeynep Tufecki. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information. And the machines aren't even the real threat. What we need to understand is how the powerful might use AI to control us - and what we can do in response.
Military Insider on ‘Looking Glass’ - the Elite Panicked When They Saw the Future
What did they see? The great awakening? Their own demise? This was recorded over a decade ago I believe by Project Camelot. What makes it incredible are the events described are unfolding on the planet today.
Be Prepared for Transgender Numbers to Skyrocket in Future Generations, NHS Health Boss Says (2018)
The UK must “be prepared” for more Britons to question their gender in the coming years. An NHS health boss has said that he believes up to three per cent of the population will contact transgender health services in the future.
James Palmer, the medical director for specialized services at NHS England, said at a conference on Monday that the expansion and improvement of NHS gender health services could cause demand to "accelerate". [Read More]
“Drag Sunday”: The Pride & Self-Righteousness of the Woke Church
On this episode we look at a sad story from a United Church of Christ congregation in Dallas, Texas where they had a “Drag Sunday” for drag queens. What can be learned from this story? What is the present danger of self-righteousness in our own hearts and churches?