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As a young man, David Bock was firmly entrenched in his atheism and enjoyed demolishing the arguments of Christians he met. Over the course of several years, he experienced many encounters with people who moved him to see something he wanted in Christianity, yet he remained reluctant to believe, until one night.. Hear his story in the interview and read it in The Diary of a Reluctant Atheist. A Rhodes Scholar, former McKinsey & Company consultant, and World Bank Official, David’s story takes us from the mountains of Idaho to the dreamy spiers of Oxford to malaria in Africa, and much more. This is Part 2 of a 2-part interview.

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As a young man, David Bock was firmly entrenched in his atheism and enjoyed demolishing the arguments of Christians he met. Over the course of several years, he experienced many encounters with people who moved him to see something he wanted in Christianity, yet he remained reluctant to believe, until one night.. Hear his story in the interview and read it in The Diary of a Reluctant Atheist. A Rhodes Scholar, former McKinsey & Company consultant, and World Bank Official, David’s story takes us from the mountains of Idaho to the dreamy spiers of Oxford to malaria in Africa, and much more. This is Part 1 of a 2-part interview.

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Bob Inglis represented the 4th Congressional District of South Carolina from 1993-1998 and again from 2005-2010. A member of the House Science Committee who served as Ranking Member of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Inglis initially opposed efforts to address climate change. But one of his key constituencies, his children and wife, told him he needed to clean up his act on climate change. Interactions with scientists in Antarctica, Australia and elsewhere moved him to change his views. In Washington and South Carolina, Inglis’s acknowledgment of the scientific reality of climate change drew intense criticism from within the Republican Party, and in June 2010, he was defeated for re-election in the primary. He went on to found and currently directs republicEN.org, to encourage conservatives to accept the reality of climate change and to promote market-based innovations to address the challenges it poses. He is a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Library Profiles in Courage Award. This is part 2 of a 2-part interview.

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Bob Inglis represented the 4th Congressional District of South Carolina from 1993-1998 and again from 2005-2010. A member of the House Science Committee who served as Ranking Member of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Inglis initially opposed efforts to address climate change. But one of his key constituencies, his children and wife, told him he needed to clean up his act on climate change. Interactions with scientists in Antarctica, Australia and elsewhere moved him to change his views. In Washington and South Carolina, Inglis’s acknowledgment of the scientific reality of climate change drew intense criticism from within the Republican Party, and in June 2010, he was defeated for re-election in the primary. He went on to found and currently directs republicEN.org, to encourage conservatives to accept the reality of climate change and to promote market-based innovations to address the challenges it poses. He is a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Library Profiles in Courage Award. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview.

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Mitch Hescox is President of the Evangelical Environmental Network (creationcare.org). Mitch and Paul Douglas are coauthors of Caring for Creation: The Evangelicals Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment. Larry Linenschmidt talks with Mitch about the Biblical call for Christians to care for God's creation, the health risk of water, air, and soil pollution, particularly to children, the damage to our oceans caused by plastic pollution, and the impact of a warming earth.

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Mitch Hescox is President of the Evangelical Environmental Network (creationcare.org). Mitch and Paul Douglas are coauthors of Caring for Creation: The Evangelicals Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment. Larry Linenschmidt talks with Mitch about the Biblical call for Christians to care for God's creation, the health risk of water, air, and soil pollution, particularly to children, the damage to our oceans caused by plastic pollution, and the impact of a warming earth.

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Dr. Marks is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. He was the first President of the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers' Neural Networks Society. He earned his PhD from Texas Tech University. He is Program Director at the Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence. He has authored, co-authored, or edited over 400 publications.

This episode is Part 2 of a two-part interview in which Larry Linenschmidt and Dr. Marks  discuss the advantages gained by humans from technological advances, concerns with AI and robotics, and the ethics of AI.

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Dr. Marks is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. He was the first President of the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers' Neural Networks Society. He earned his PhD from Texas Tech University. He is Program Director at the Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence. He has authored, co-authored, or edited over 400 publications.

This episode is Part 1 of a two part interview in which Larry Linenschmidt and Dr. Marks  discuss the advantages gained by humans from technological advances, concerns with AI and robotics, and the ethics of AI.

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Jay Wesley Richards, author of The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines discusses the advantages gained by humans from technological advances, virtue in business, and the reality of artificial intelligence.

Jay is a Professor in the Business School of the Catholic University of America, Executive Editor of The Stream, and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He earned his PhD in philosophy and theology from Princeton University.

This is part 2 of a 2-part interview.

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Jay Wesley Richards, author of The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines, discusses the advantages gained by humans from technological advances, virtue in business, and the reality of artificial intelligence.

Jay is a Professor in the Business School of the Catholic University of America, Executive Editor of The Stream, and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He earned his PhD in philosophy and theology from Princeton University.