We Are Not Saved

Jan 29 2025 403 ep. 23 mins 62
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We Are Not Saved discusses religion (from a Christian/LDS perspective), politics, the end of the world, science fiction, artificial intelligence, and above all the limits of technology and progress.

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Reviews of Strange Religious Books Volume I

Jan 29 2025 29 mins  
The Evil Creator: Origins of an Early Christian Idea by: M. David Litwa Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power by: Carolyn Elliott The Ballad of the White Horse by: G. K. Chesterton American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by: D.W. Pasulka Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by: D.W. Pasulka Undreaming Wetiko: Breaking the Spell o

The Everest Fallacy

Jan 24 2025 14 mins  
A method for making better decisions should you ever find yourself in Kathmandu, or paying for SEO, or hoping to see the Supreme Court.

Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 4

Jan 15 2025 25 mins  
Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better by: Bryan Caplan Anaximander: And the Birth of Science by: Carlo Rovelli The Social Conquest of Earth by: Edward O. Wilson The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class by: David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Mes

Ten Child Sex Abuse Rings in Search of a Narrative - 2025

Jan 09 2025 22 mins  
You have probably heard about Rotherham, and the child sex abuse rings that existed there (and may still be operating). As with so many things these days, this story entered the public discussion when Musk tweeted about it. For many people I’ve talked to, this was the first they’d heard of it. I actually spoke about about it in 2018. At the time I felt I was late to the game,

Why Did They Really Close Schools?

Jan 06 2025 12 mins  
Exactly five years ago, China identified a “novel coronavirus” and the world was introduced to the term “wet market”. In the time since then arguments continue to rage about the source of the virus, the measures that were taken, and the vaccines that were created. In the midst of all these arguments, everyone seems to agree on one thing: extended school closures were a bad

Short Fiction Book Reviews: Volume II

Dec 23 2024 11 mins  
A Gentleman in Moscow by: Amor Towles The Humans by: Matt Haig Super-Cannes: A Novel by: J. G. Ballard Monster Hunter: International by: Larry Correia Monster Hunter: Vendetta by: Larry Correia

Band of Brothers? - Women on the Front Lines

Dec 12 2024 13 mins  
Three things converged for me recently and at the point of their convergence was the issue of placing women in frontline combat roles. The first leg of the convergence was the election of Donald Trump. We’re still debating the reasons why he won, but certainly a reassertion of gender differences are near the top of everyone’s list. For example, allowing natal men into women’s

Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 3

Dec 07 2024 27 mins  
Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict by: Ara Norenzayan A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by: Max Bennett The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump by: Max Blumenthal What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by: Jim

Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 2

Nov 30 2024 24 mins  
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by: Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by: Peter Hessler On Grand Strategy by: John Lewis Gaddis Leisure: The Basis of Culture by: Josef Pieper Anatomy of the State by: Murray Rothbard The ONE Thing: The Surpris

A Review of Nate Silver: The Election and His Book "On the Edge"

Nov 22 2024 22 mins  
He talks about the Village, and the River, but what we really need is a Redoubt. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything By: Nate Silver Published: 2024 576 Pages Briefly, what is this book about? There are two different ways of approaching the world: the River, which thinks in terms of numbers, expected values, and quantification and the Village, which is the paternalistic exp