Technology and the Human Purpose
Brian Wixted and Nick Toews
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S6E6 S6E6 Techumanpurpose •• AEEAAO Everything (nearly) - Industries - Agriculture, Mining & Manufacturing
This is the second season of my roll of the dice series. This episode really is about everything. Well almost. The technological developments occurring across agriculture, mining and manufacturing…
S6E5 S6E5 Techumanpurpose For those coming in late or those a bit baffled by what I am doing
If you are wondering how I think about building the arc of story telling through this podcast and multiples seasons, this little podcast may help.
S6E4 S6E4 Techumanpurpose •• AEEAAO – Everything (Well Almost) AI The Backoffice of the Economy
Well we finally get there. I get around to talking about AI. Because of its widespread use and various applications I thought it best to do a bit of a big survey of many the ways we currently use AI.…
S6E3 S6E3 Techumanpurpose •• (A)EEAAO The (Almost) Everything Revolution - the periodic and bio table of our economy.mp3
The episode is all about how we use stuff and how much we use. From growing almonds to cooling data centres to our global probably unsustainable use of sand. Just a few of the resources used to make…
S6E2 S6E2 Techumanpurpose •• The (Almost) Everywhere Revolution
The season is all about the (almost) everywhere everything all at once revolution we are living through at the present moment. Today, its about the almost everywhere nature of change. We live in a…
S6E1 S6E1 Techumanpurpose •• Introduction - Almost everywhere everything all at once revolution
Notes The intro and outro music is 'fantasy orchestra' available at https://freesound.org/ Futureviille …
S5E9 S5E9 Techumanpurpose • Human Dimension- Combo Lock 4 – The Bads, Crime, Security, Violence , War and Order
Notes Questions or comments to [email protected] Anthropology and economics: Undeceptions by John Dickson https://undeceptions.com/podcast/the-anthropologists/ Amnesty International – gun…
S5E8 S5E8 Techumanpurpose • Human Dimension – Global Development
Notes. If you want to get in touch [email protected] For a brilliant book to read about the human scale of helping the poor then read this. Rhythms of Poverty: Reconsidering our affluent…
S5E7 S5E7 - Techumanpurpose • human dimensions - Jobs Clothing Food Housing
Some reference material. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West Andrew Wilson. https://www.amazon.ca/Remaking-World-1776-Created-Post-Christian/…
S5E6 S5E6 techumanpurpose • December and Christmas Break
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.
S5E5 S5E5 techumanpurpose • human dimensions 9 Planetary Boundaries for Life
References to the impacts of humans, 9 Boundaries, climate change, London smog and PFAS chemicals. The impact of ancient people on the environment …
S5E4 S5E4 techumanpurpose • SIDE 1 Wise Order in the human dimension with a side of wicked problems
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…
S5E3 S5E3 Techumanpurpose - Can I do better?
Erasistratus |John Dickson……. https://www.abc.net.au/religion/genesis-created-science-a-reply-to-tamas-pataki/10101306 John Philoponus | Wikipedia | + John Dickson …
S5E2 S5E2 - Techumanpurpose- contemporary Christianity and technology
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…
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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 S5E1 Technology and the Human Purpose Introduction to Season 5 - Roll of the Dice
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…
S4E8 S4E8 The Crowdstrike system meltdown viewed through the season's metaphors
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…
S4E7 S4E7 - How tech works an A-Z guide - A recap of this season
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…
S4E6 S4E6 - How tech works an A-Z guide - Metaphors U - Z
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…
S4E5 S4E5 - How tech works an A-Z guide - Metaphors P-T
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…
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