S2E3 An interview with Iwan Russell-Jones - A Theologian and BBC show maker
Technology and the Human Purpose
Release Date: 03/18/2022
S6E3 Techumanpurpose •• (A)EEAAO The (Almost) Everything Revolution - the periodic and bio table of our economy.mp3
Technology and the Human Purpose
The episode is all about how we use stuff and how much we use. From growing almonds to cooling data centres to our global probably unsustainable use of sand. Just a few of the resources used to make this podcast. Australian social media ban for under 16s Almonds production. 2012 PNAS. The water footprint of humanity Arjen Y. Hoekstra and Mesfin M. Mekonnen Water and Data centres Data Centres AI Power and Water Usage (Goodyear Data Centre). Really excellent...
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S6E2 Techumanpurpose •• The (Almost) Everywhere Revolution
Technology and the Human Purpose
The season is all about the (almost) everywhere everything all at once revolution we are living through at the present moment. Today, its about the almost everywhere nature of change. We live in a fast changing world it seems. While the world tech hubs are still the mountain peaks of the global technosphere, the 21st technologies are mostly quickly beginning to spread. Everything is changing it seems but how far do the changes go. Notes News Reuters. . Pay Wall but the first para is readable. LLM and Roomba. Go listen to Holy Post 696:...
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S6E1 Techumanpurpose •• Introduction - Almost everywhere everything all at once revolution
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Notes The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at Futureviille Jesse Nickel. A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God CPX Centre for Public Christianity Douglas Adams
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S5E9 Techumanpurpose • Human Dimension- Combo Lock 4 – The Bads, Crime, Security, Violence , War and Order
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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S5E8 Techumanpurpose • Human Dimension – Global Development
Technology and the Human Purpose
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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S5E7 - Techumanpurpose • human dimensions - Jobs Clothing Food Housing
Technology and the Human Purpose
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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S5E6 techumanpurpose • December and Christmas Break
Technology and the Human Purpose
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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S5E5 techumanpurpose • human dimensions 9 Planetary Boundaries for Life
Technology and the Human Purpose
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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S5E4 techumanpurpose • SIDE 1 Wise Order in the human dimension with a side of wicked problems
Technology and the Human Purpose
Wicked Problems. The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at
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S5E3 Techumanpurpose - Can I do better?
Technology and the Human Purpose
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...
info_outlineIts an fascinating interview giving a glimpse into what integrates Iwan’s thinking.
While we didn’t delve into the topic or allow it to overwhelm us this interview took place with the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominating the news.
The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/
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