Bonus: Techumanpurpose - What is Salvation and how could it matter for technology
Technology and the Human Purpose
Release Date: 07/12/2021
Technology and the Human Purpose
Notes Questions or comments to Anthropology and economics: Undeceptions by John Dickson Amnesty International – gun violence Pew Research . Statistics Canada. DOI: National Geographic ancient copper fraud BBC news – Kobe Steel. The Economist Scam Inc. (article and podcast both behind paywall) Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams Jerrod Brown, Jeffrey Long-McGie, Judge Anthony Wartnik, Pamela Oberoi, Janina Wresh, Erv Weinkauf, Gennae Falconer, & Alyse Kerr Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Criminal...
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Notes. If you want to get in touch For a brilliant book to read about the human scale of helping the poor then read this. Rhythms of Poverty: Reconsidering our affluent approach to the poor Paperback – Aug. 16 2013 by (Author) Holy Post with David French - A Unified Theory of Trump The Economist World Bank Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024 World Development Report 2024 LSE on development Deirdre McCloskey The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce. Vol. 1 of 3 of the trilogy “The Bourgeois Era,”, University of Chicago...
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Some reference material. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West Andrew Wilson. A millennium of macroeconomic data – stretching back to 1086. Peter Mathias The First Industrial Nation David Tomson. Child and infant mortality Edwin Judge John Dickson Podcast Undeceptions Episode 76 - 5 minute Jesus - hospitals Fabiola of Rome Jobs.New Frontiers: The Origins And Content Of New Work, 1940–2018 in The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Listen also to Freakonomics Radio podcast 605 on what do people do all day. Here is a video of...
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Just a note about what happened to the promised episode on jobs, clothing, food and shelter. + of course Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2025.
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References to the impacts of humans, 9 Boundaries, climate change, London smog and PFAS chemicals. The impact of ancient people on the environment Science 365, 897–902 (2019) 30 August 2019 Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use World population Wheat World wheatt production data from USDA. 9 Planetary Boundary conditions identified ABC (Australian Broadcasting) and the Pacific Islands Air conditioning The Economist September 7th 2024 _Chilling prospects_ pp39-40 London Smog of 1952 (BBC)...
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Wicked Problems. The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at
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Erasistratus |John Dickson……. John Philoponus | Wikipedia | + John Dickson Economist August 24th 2024 p-10 in an article on AI. The Economist September 7th 2024 Death Roads Water in Canadian first nations . Data on CO2 comes from Our World in Data. Ed Conway Rikk Watts (2001) On the edge of Millenium: Making Sense of Genesis 1 in ‘Living in the lamblight’ . (2002) The New Exodus / Creational Restoration of the Image of God. In ‘What does it mean to be saved’ . Gospel Conversations Cross and Creation part 1. NT wright on the Premier Unbelievable...
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Show Notes Understanding Jacques Ellul (2012) Ellul 1984 Technique and the Opening Chapters of Genesis Jacques Ellul in n Theology and Technology: Essays in Christian Analysis and Exegesis, eds. Carl Mitcham and Jim Grote (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984), 126. Jacques Ellul (1968) THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY in The New Technology and Human Values ed JOHN G. BURKE Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, Callfornla _George Grant_ The quote was taken from ….Hugh Donald Forbes 2007. George Grant: A guide to his Thought University of...
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From time to time it is necessary to upgrade your computing power to do podcasts. That time is apparently now. I had recorded the next episode but the quality was terrible. So back soon.
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S5E1 Technology and the Human Purpose Introduction to Season 5 Roll of the Dice: Technology in the Modern World. In this episode I introduce plans for season 5, with some small teaser ideas. For more information on Monkey traps Oona Strathern Rest is History Podcast episode 21 – the History of the Future The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog
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