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Technology is vital in commerce and war. Corporations spend billions in development and don’t want to get ripped off. Technology and AI, more than ever, determine military superiority. What are the laws that protect technology and how are they enforced?

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01:20 | Introduction; Daniel M. Ogden, J.D.03:06 | Two reasons for protected technology: 1) national security and 2) protecting the US industrial base04:00 | The United States Munitions List (USML) and preventing nuclear proliferation07:42 | What is an export license and how to get one?08:41 | Monitoring foreign travel of professors10:13 | Foreign nationals and deemed export licenses11:30 | U.S. technology research theft & the fundamental research exception16:29 | “The Tennessee professor went to jail”17:37 | Open source AI and export control20:17 | Encryption and cellphones21:52 | “Critical technologies” and BSI25:20 |Siege warfare, the invention of gunpowder, artillery, rifled guns, etcetera27:00 | Nuclear, Doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, SDI28:30 | Necessity as the mother of invention29:00 | WWII engineering technology and the Norden bombsight30:00 | Allied pilots eating carrots, cracking Enigma, and radar31:00 | Measure countermeasure32:00 | Releasing radar with victory over Japan32:45 | Slaughterbots and banning autonomous weapons33:30 | Some success in banning chemical weapons35:00 | Like fire, AI can be used for good or bad41:13 | Military AI endgame41:55 | Other implications of AI42:55 | Iran nuclear facility infection44:21 | stopkillerrobots.org43:17 | Encryption and cellphones

Resources

Daniel Ogden’s profile for the Global Business Forum at Baylor UniversityThe United States Munitions ListExport Control RegulationsDeemed ExportsThe Norden BombsightUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

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JP Moreland shares with Mike Keas how twice he was incapacitated for months by panic attacks and anxiety. His new book, Finding Quiet, seeks to make the most of his suffering, condensing the crucial lessons learned from his research. In this episode, JP outlines some practices that can heal and retrain the brain. Show Notes 01:00 | “Cutting new grooves”…

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JP Moreland shares with Mike Keas how twice he was incapacitated for months by panic attacks and anxiety. His new book, Finding Quiet, seeks to make the most of his suffering, condensing the crucial lessons learned from his research. In this episode, JP outlines some practices that can heal and retrain the brain. Show Notes 01:00 | “Cutting new grooves” Read More ›

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With guest host Mike Keas, JP Moreland discusses his new book, Finding Quiet. He addresses the relative evidence for the soul and the brain, the integration of faith with knowledge from the social and natural sciences, and biblical and practical ways to retrain your brain and body to defeat habits of anxiety and depression. Show Notes 01:15 | Knowledge of…

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With guest host Mike Keas, JP Moreland discusses his new book, Finding Quiet. He addresses the relative evidence for the soul and the brain, the integration of faith with knowledge from the social and natural sciences, and biblical and practical ways to retrain your brain and body to defeat habits of anxiety and depression. Show Notes 01:15 | Knowledge of Read More ›

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JP Moreland shares how twice he was incapacitated for months by panic attacks and anxiety. His new book, Finding Quiet, seeks to make the most of his suffering, condensing the crucial lessons learned from his research. In this episode, JP underlines the importance of addressing both the mental and material aspects of inner disorder.

Show Notes

00:30 | Guest host Michael Keas00:54 | Introducing JP Moreland01:15 | The panic attack and recurrent nervous breakdown that led to JP’s journey to conquer anxiety03:30 | Writing Finding Quiet to redeem the suffering by sharing lessons learned04:00 | Why are many people of faith reluctant to take psychiatric drugs?06:00 | Medication is not unspiritual. Our souls have bodies.06:30 | A holistic, body and soul approach to anxiety07:20 | Not just medications but a multi-dimensional approach07:45 | Why think we have an immaterial soul? What difference does it make whether there’s a soul?09:20 | Freely using our minds to restructure and heal our brains.10:00 | Training our bodies as instruments of righteousness11:00 | Retraining our habits, triggers, and “neuron grooves”

Additional Resources

JP Moreland’s WebsiteFinding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace by JP Moreland at Amazon.comThe Soul: How We Know It’s Real and Why It Matters by JP Moreland“On Anxiety Problems Today” at YouTube

JP Moreland shares how twice he was incapacitated for months by panic attacks and anxiety. His new book, Finding Quiet, seeks to make the most of his suffering, condensing the crucial lessons learned from his research. In this episode, JP underlines the importance of addressing both the mental and material aspects of inner disorder.

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Will developing countries be positively impacted by AI and the newest technology? Not always, what is needed is appropriate technology. In this bingecast we ask, “What is appropriate technology?” And how can it be done sustainably?

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01:22| Brian Thomas introduction02:00 | How can technology be appropriate or inappropriate for a developing country?03:34 | Non-profit and the cultural difference of washing clothes in Sudan06:15 | Fatalism and the likelihood of making repairs07:15 | Difference flavors and history of appropriate technology08:55 | Martin Fischer from Kickstarter on the appropriation of technology10:35 | Sustainable technology11:54| Raising Tilapia, an example of economically sustainable technology16:43 | Engineers with a Mission18:50 | Math, science, and service20:15 | Poverty in Iraq21:45 | Annual student trips to Haiti25:15 | Using Nobel Prize winning technology in Kenya28:05 | Deep cycle batteries29:10 | Hippos, pedestrian bridges, and Bridging the Gap Africa31:35 | Tilapia waste and a methane digester at an orphanage in Honduras32:45 | Use of cellphones in developing countries 36:16 | Satya Nadella, Hit Refresh, and cellular in developing countries42:52 | Universal access to the internet45:00 | Paul Pollock and incremental steps47:00 | Matthew Parris, Malawi, and the role of missionaries in Africa50:15 | Cultural clashes52:50 | Abuse of power in third-world countries53:00 | Cultural norms and Christianity54:22 | Ravi Zacharias and abuse of technology56:45 | Closing comments

Additional Resources

“Poverty Facts and Stats” from GlobalIssues.orgThe Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence by Gary Haugen“As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God” at The Times (December 27, 2008)The appropriate technology movement

Will developing countries be positively impacted by AI and the newest technology? Not always, what is needed is appropriate technology. In this bingecast we ask, “What is appropriate technology?” And how can it be done sustainably? Show Notes 01:22| Brian Thomas introduction 02:00 | How can technology be appropriate or inappropriate for a developing country? 03:34 | Non-profit and the Read More ›

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