E26 "When Elon Musk Comes To Church"

Jubilee Freedom & Shalom

In this episode Daniel and Nate talk about recent technology breakthroughs, how those things will impact our culture, and how the church will respond to those changes.
Like what will be the implications gene editing becoming more and more affordable. Here's a link to an article about a major leap forward with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome and gene editing. How far can we take gene editing and how could it be used to heal and change our bodies? Will the church take a zero tolerance stance on gene editing because it is playing God or will we have a more nuanced response about the time and place to use this technology?
After Tesla, Elon Musk, and others roll out full self-driving cars, will we need church parking lots anymore? Will we want to own cars anymore and deal with the maintenance and headaches? What will churches do with their unused parking lots? Will they turn them into gardens that are managed by Humanoid Autonomous Robots that garden, manage animals, harvest produce, eggs, milk, etc and can cook, process, store, and distribute these resources to the community?
Nate and Daniel also discuss the implications of the Boston Dynamics dancing robots. It's not CGI. The video is totally real. Personal robots are coming to every home and business in this decade. Robots that can learn and work and help us and also put us out of the work we're doing today. Is a machine that can do the job of 100 humans a good thing? Is our goal to replace humans in all systems possible and what would humans go on to do if those things are automated?
Why are we here?
Where are we going?
Why is so much wrong with the world?
What's the remedy?
Here's a link to the book "When Helping Hurts" as you think about how you can really help those who are in need in ways that accomplish the intended goals.
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