Easter greetings and reflections on Holy Saturday.

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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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Topic:

• COVID-19 in our world

For the Church:

• Canceling church services

Scriptures Referenced:

• 2 Timothy 1:7

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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.

Sources:

• #1 Weird, dimming star Betelgeuse may have a dusty explanation

• https://www.space.com/betelgeuse-star-dimming-just-dust.html

• https://scitechdaily.com/mit-neuroscientists-identify-landmark-code-in-the-brain-that-helps-us-navigate/

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-caught-spiral-vortex-delivery-nanomaterials.html

• https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robots-helping-to-fight-coronavirus-outbreak

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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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Topics:

• Expectations of the future jobs market

• Andrew Yang’s UBI Freedom Dividend: https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/

• Government guarantees of employment

• Government provision of basic needs and services

• Public Policy and Government Review: Exploring Alternatives to the Universal Basic Income: https://ppgreview.ca/2017/03/31/exploring-alternatives-to-the-universal-basic-income/

• Lowering costs and incomes create a new balance

For the Church

• Dealing with a diversity of opinions with grace

Looking Ahead

• Stanford researchers develop artificial intelligence tool to help detect brain aneurysms

Scripture Passages Referenced

• Deuteronomy 15:11

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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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Sources:

• #1 Elon Musk's Boring Company excavates first tunnel for Vegas loop

• https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-loop/

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/tech/apple-swiss-watches/index.html

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-san-diego-lab-inovio-pharmaceuticals-discovered-drug-testing/

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/14/21137424/mit-smart-diaper-sensor-smartphone-alert

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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:

• Twitter to start labeling deepfakes but sets high bar for removal

• https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-to-start-labeling-deepfakes-but-sets-high-bar-for-removal1/

• https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/04/elon-musk-promotes-texas-career-day-as-spacex-files-paperwork-for-starship-flight-as-early-as-march/

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7967235/AI-helps-discover-hidden-drawings-Leonardo-DaVinci-mapping-faint-zinc-traces-old-canvas.html

• https://abcnews.go.com/International/artist-tricks-google-maps-recording-traffic-jam-99/story?id=68754956

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21123169/lg-electronics-mwc-2020-cornavirus-cancel-withdraw-outbreak-concern

• https://scitechdaily.com/chemists-discovered-the-structure-of-a-key-influenza-protein-breakthrough-could-lead-to-flu-treatment/

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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----

Stories:

• Meet Trump’s New 5G Czar

• https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/meet-trumps-new-5g-czar/d/d-id/756490

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/rob-manfred-mlb-will-use-robot-umpire-system-in-spring-training/ar-BBZdOmD

• https://www.inverse.com/science/62284-betelgeuse-star-s-dimming-sparks-death-is-imminent

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/27/21083356/gm-cruise-ev-av-production-announcement-detroit-hamtramck-origin

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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:

• The Singularity Saints Podcast celebrates its first birthday!

• https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/12/algorithm-religion

• https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/phone-texts-send-wrong-message-1.1295731

• https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450429466/How-soon-will-we-be-driving-fully-autonomous-cars  

• https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/moral-agent

• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/

• http://www.thinkartificial.org/aesthetics/the-first-human-killed-by-a-robot/

• https://www.wired.com/2016/02/feds-say-theyll-count-computers-as-human-drivers/

• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancalo/2014/12/23/a-robot-really-committed-a-crime-now-what/#74760e6d6e55

For the Church

• Godlike trust in AI and idolatry

Looking Ahead

• Sweating electronics for temperature control

Passages Referenced

• Psalm 97:10

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Merry Christmas, from the Singularity Saints Podcast!

With all the noise surrounding environmental discussions, can we cut through it all and see the potential that emerging technologies offer for new sources of energy and a clean world?

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Topic:

• Avoiding partisanship on a politically charged topic

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/09/30/the-rise-of-solar/#78424dc57e58

• https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/salt-could-be-the-future-of-renewable-energy/

• https://ourrenewablefuture.org/chapter-3/

• Comparing solar, wind, hydrogen, and fossil fuels

• CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/musk-calls-hydrogen-fuel-cells-stupid-but-tech-may-threaten-tesla.html

• Infrastructure and cost

• https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-and-the-environment.php

• Over saturation

For the Church

• The dangers of hyperbole and fear

• IRD interview with Vijay Jayaraj

Looking Ahead:

• Laboratory-evolved bacteria consuming carbon dioxide

Passages Referenced:

• Genesis 1:31

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