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We Are Not Saved

We Are Not Saved is a podcast covering Eschatology. While this concept has traditionally been a religious one, and concerned with the end of creation, in this podcast that study has been broadened to include secular ways the world could end (so called x-risks) and also deepened to cover the potential end of nations, cultures and civilizations. The title is taken from the book of Jeremiah, Chapter 8, verse 20: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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Now displaying: November, 2016
Nov 28, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/08/06/sports-the-sack-of-baghdad-and-the-upcoming-election/ 

There is a difference between history and politics. We can get so caught up in wanting our team to win that we can completely forget that in the end history is more important. And history is dominated by large negative events, like the Sack of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258. Preventing these large negative events is what we should really be focused on.

Nov 24, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/30/taboos-and-antifragility/

Support for organized religion is as low as it's every been, but in this episode I argue that organized religion does have a place in the world, and that place exists even if you don't believe in the existence of God. Religion is a way of reducing fragility, and increasing antifragility. The example pre-martial sex is used to illustrate the point.

Nov 18, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/23/on-the-limitations-of-science/

A discussion of the role of morals and religion when approaching science. How the replication crisis illustrates some of the failings of science. The example of science and the opiate epidemic.

Nov 15, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/16/lgbt-youth-and-suicide/

Several articles have been written pointing out that there has been an increase in suicides by LGBT youth, and have blamed that increase on the Mormon church. In this episode I examine how complicated it is to determine the causes of suicide and offer some alternative explanations for the phenomenon. 

Nov 10, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/09/atheists-and-unavoidability-of-the-divine/

The lack of some universally recognized logical system of morality means you can rely on God for morality or you can rely on culture for morality, but in both cases you’re relying on religion. You’re just arguing about the source of it. Atheists want to toss religion out the window with God. But it turns out God is hard to get rid of, as we see what happens when atheists actually set about to write.

Nov 8, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/03/77/ 

In this episode I discuss religious objections to a technological singularity, particularly those objections arising from an LDS perspective. And use the metaphor of receiving a driver's license vs. building a car.

Nov 5, 2016

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/06/25/we-are-not-saved/ 

"We Are Not Saved" discusses religion, politics, the end of the world, science fiction, artificial intelligence, and most of all the limits of progress and technology.

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