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.

References to the impacts of humans, 9 Boundaries, climate change, London smog and PFAS chemicals.

 The impact of ancient people on the environment https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-08-30/ancient-civilisations-environmental-impact/11450072

 Science 365, 897–902 (2019) 30 August 2019 Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

 World population https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/

Wheat

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/25/archives/another-million-tons-of-wheat-bought-by-soviet-from-canada-canadian.html#:~:text=Wheat%20Outlook%20Revised,million%20to%2010%20million%20tons

World wheatt production data from USDA.

9 Planetary Boundary conditions identified

https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2023-09-13-all-planetary-boundaries-mapped-out-for-the-first-time-six-of-nine-crossed.html

ABC (Australian Broadcasting) and the Pacific Islands https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-26/sea-levels-will-rise-new-research-nasa/104400114

 Air conditioning

The Economist September 7th 2024 _Chilling prospects_ pp39-40

 London Smog of 1952 (BBC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90kq35cWZz4

 PFAS chemicals https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2024-10-21/new-safe-pfas-drinking-water-guidelines/104497226

Wicked Problems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem

https://web.archive.org/web/20070930021510/http://www.uctc.net/mwebber/Rittel+Webber+Dilemmas+General_Theory_of_Planning.pdf

The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

Erasistratus |John Dickson…….

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/genesis-created-science-a-reply-to-tamas-pataki/10101306

John Philoponus | Wikipedia |

 + John Dickson

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/genesis-created-science-a-reply-to-tamas-pataki/10101306

Economist August 24th 2024 p-10 in an article on AI.

The Economist September 7th 2024 Death Roads

Water in Canadian first nations

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/indigenous-safe-drinking-water-crisis-in-canada-overview#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%20that%20many,supplied%20with%20safe%20drinking%20water.

Data on CO2 comes from Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

Ed Conway

https://www.amazon.ca/Material-World-Substantial-Story-Future/dp/075355917X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=26Q6YP94691J9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.amY7jxaZ_qnHRhkPnv_Jlhv0zb8YK1hFlpUlozRL8qAP8wpKL8_71-ZMzJGb1159x7H3u_9wFCrPEyseEr3UQN9gHfOQHNisMnzAGu9YYZcbzDLSZoFV2W2U8Rt3hOuS.HKjnDWgWto5ZRiwNbtaRpaCbRvcTRIS-UE7j7WjBEdI&dib_tag=se&keywords=ed+conway+material+world&qid=1731007740&sprefix=ed+conway+material+world%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-fkmr0

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBvjOMlfj0k

NT wright on the Premier Unbelievable podcast talking about his new Book with Mike Bird minute 18 onwards particularly regarding wise human beings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvd2E4Th6dI&t=1876s

C S Lewis Podcast #142 That Hideous Strength: What is the future of humanity?

Jeff Bilbro Living as Creatures in a World Built for Machines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIc7h3pepQ&list=PL04Zl7nYDurr51J5F93GDhP4mEZXo2AW1&index=3&t=2158s

Also regarding Christianity and technology, I think there is a strong Greek influence.  

Show Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul

Understanding Jacques Ellul (2012)  https://www.amazon.ca/Understanding-Jacques-Ellul-Jeffrey-Greenman/dp/161097431X

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 Toronto Press.

Ian Box 1982’George Grant and the Embrace of Technology’ Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol.15, No. 3 (Sep., 1982), pp. 503-515

_Albert Borgmann_

Borgmann, Reality and technology. Cambridge Journal of Economics 2010, 34, 27–35 doi:10.1093/cje/ben055 

Craig Gay – Modern Technology….

https://www.amazon.ca/Modern-Technology-Human-Future-Craig/dp/0830852204

People and things podcast https://athenaeum.vt.domains/peoplesandthings/2024/10/07/82-pamela-o-long-on-the-long-long-long-history-of-technology/

The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog https://theology-and-technology.blogspot.com/

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.

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

https://abergseyeview.com/blog/2019/3/30/the-monkey-trap-of-the-mind

Oona Strathern https://www.amazon.ca/Brief-History-Future-Visionary-Tomorrows/dp/0786719044/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title

Rest is History Podcast episode 21 – the History of the Future https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-the-future/id1537788786?i=1000508130777

 The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog https://theology-and-technology.blogspot.com/ 

We probably all heard about the recent Crowdstrike software problem of 19 July 2024 North American time. This episode uses that one event to look at our technological world through multiple lenses to reinforce the ideas of season 4.

 This season is all about expanding our repertoire of technology stories and metaphors. To that end I am building an A to Z guide of how technology works using metaphors as the focussing device.

 The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

 Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog https://theology-and-technology.blogspot.com/

This season is all about expanding our repertoire of technology stories and metaphors. To that end I am building an A to Z guide of how technology works using metaphors. In this sho I do a quick recap of A-Z.

Algorithms, Butterfly effects and black swans, Concrete creeks, Dark Matter, Evolution and Ecosystems, Flux capacitor, Gravity, Holy Grail, Invention, Jam, Kryptonite , Lego, Metaphor, Neutral (not), One ring (technique) to rule, Pillars of technology history, Queens (red), Rust, Sailing ship effect, TARDIS Door, Unseeing, Vision and values, Waves, X factor, Y - trade offs -  choices, Zombie technologies.

The infinite rebics cube...

Let’s recap our A-Z guide to technology metaphors with some cleaning up where I don’t think I was terribly clear.

 Also, I refer to a couple of videos during this podcast – here are some links: the 1939 GM world fair exhibit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sClZqfnWqmc

 and the 1964 GM World Fair exhibit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-5aK0H05jk .  

 The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

 Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog https://theology-and-technology.blogspot.com/

This season is all about expanding our repertoire of technology stories and metaphors. To that end I am building an A to Z guide of how technology works using metaphors as the focussing device. In this show I cover U-Z.

U – Unseeing (what you think you see)

V – Vision and values

W – Waves -diffusion waves

X – X factor the unknown secret sauce + knowledge

Y – well Y actually the trade-off and choices 

Z - Zombie technologies - so what might be the living dead of the tech world

The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/

Watch out for more information and connected content with each episode on the blog https://theology-and-technology.blogspot.com/

Some of the work referenced in this epsiode. 

https://www.stanleyjgrenz.com/Books/primer-on-postmodernism.html

https://www.alaindebotton.com/architecture/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428386-toxic-chemicals-from-car-tyres-can-get-into-soil-and-contaminate-food/