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The Singularity Saints Podcast

The Singularity Saints

A discussion of faith, emerging technology, and dealing with the future before it gets here.

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Easter Greetings! 2020

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04/11/20 • 1 min

Easter greetings and reflections on Holy Saturday.

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Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

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04/11/20 • 1 min

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025: Lent, Lockdown, and Love

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03/21/20 • 47 min

With COVID-19 being the news of the day, it can seem like there are only two options for response; panic and hoard toilet paper, or be dismissive of the whole thing. But maybe there is a better path...and our present season of Lent may help us with perspective.

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For the Church:

  • Canceling church services
  • “Not having a spirit of fear”
  • Wisdom v. fear
  • Faith and responsibility in balance
  • Social distancing as an act of sacrificial love
  • Finding new ways of connecting as a church
  • Doug Este’s book SimChurch
  • Fellowship without physical presence
  • Loving those in need during troubled times
  • Checking in on seniors
  • Providing connection for singles
  • Providing tangible needs
  • The church’s unity in times of need
  • Praying for our enemies
  • Lockdown in the season of Lent
  • Time of the Virus : https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/03/the-time-of-the-virus

Scriptures Referenced:

  • 2 Timothy 1:7
  • Nehemiah 4:9
  • Acts 4:34-35

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Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

“For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )

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03/21/20 • 47 min

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Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #4

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03/11/20 • 6 min

Dusty stars, "Landmark Codes," and a nano-vortex, all on the 4th edition of The Faster Than The Future Mini-cast.

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The fourth of The Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

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03/11/20 • 6 min

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024: Funding the Future

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02/28/20 • 85 min

If AI and automation take all of the jobs, how will we provide for everyone’s needs? Universal Basic Income? Negative tax rates? Universal Services? Investments and new equilibrium? How will we fund the future?

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For the Church

  • Dealing with a diversity of opinions with grace
  • Binding and loosing – values in contemporary practical application
  • Was the early church Socialist or Communist?
  • Thomas More’s Utopia and UBI
  • Dealing with covetousness, greed, and charity
  • Ministry of compassion
  • Finding meaning apart from work

Looking Ahead

Scripture Passages Referenced

  • Deuteronomy 15:11
  • Matthew 16:19
  • Acts 4:34-35

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

“For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( ht...

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02/28/20 • 85 min

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Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #3

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02/17/20 • 6 min

The third of The Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.

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Find us online at:

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

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02/17/20 • 6 min

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Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #2

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02/06/20 • 0 min

The second of the new Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.

Stories:

Find us online at:

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

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02/06/20 • 0 min

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Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #1

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01/30/20 • 7 min

As the year 2020 gets off to a fresh start, we launch new The Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.----more----

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Find us online at:

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

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01/30/20 • 7 min

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023: Surrendering Moral Agency

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01/25/20 • 72 min

Advancements in technology are aimed at making life safer, easier, and more enjoyable. Could we end up surrendering something in the process; moral agency and personal responsibility? And what might that trade get us?

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Topics:

For the Church

  • Godlike trust in AI and idolatry
  • God and moral neutrality
  • Moral responsibility in Old Testament
  • Making a place to discuss these issues
  • Christian citizen’s influence on public policy

Looking Ahead

Passages Referenced

  • Psalm 97:10
  • Psalm 5:4-6
  • 1 Timothy 2:3-6
  • Exodus 21:33-34

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

“For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. (

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01/25/20 • 72 min

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Merry Christmas, 2019

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12/24/19 • 0 min

Merry Christmas, from the Singularity Saints Podcast!

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12/24/19 • 0 min

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026: The Emerging Final Frontier

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06/07/20 • 57 min

Space may be the final frontier, but what technology will be required to really get us out there, beyond our solar systems and out among the stars. What emerging technology will shape the future of space exploration? Part 1 of 2.

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Stick around for Part 2, with out For The Church Segment and the Looking Ahead Segment

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

“For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )

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06/07/20 • 57 min

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