Category: Theology
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A day workshop on human flourishing in an age of AI
I’ve been delighted to be booked recently some day workshops for clergy and others, focusing on some of the work in my book Other. Released in 2010, it was the first book where I considered the impacts of AI… and – informed by my later work in God-like: a 500-Year History of AI – I’ve…
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🗳️ Vote SXSW… a little favour to ask…
Last year I was honoured to be asked to chair a panel at the inaugural SXSW London event. This year, I’ve pitched a talk at them, and it’s now down to a public vote to choose. Would you be a star and pop a vote in for me? The link to do so is here.…
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Empathy is Over and “Silicon Valley’s New Religion is… Religion”
Fascinating feature in Vanity Fair this month about the rise of conservative Christianity among Tech Bros. Getting High and God-Like, anyone?! Honestly, someone should pay me to be a prophet 😀 One dimension of this is that people are claiming to be wanting to move beyond ‘the atheist liberal world’ that is repainted as ‘just…
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Twitter: Life, Death, and a Special Kind of Nirvana
There’s an excellent new documentary on BBC iPlayer about the life and death of Twitter. What’s fascinating is just how early the genetic faults of the system were obvious, and just how strongly the founders refused to do anything to try to ameliorate their effects. As I’ve outlined in two recent books, Getting High, and…
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On keeping hope alive: living symbolically in a many-bodied world
Shared by a colleague a few days ago, and been on my mind since. Not sure if I fully buy the first part… but the Right definitely do, and – given that – it feels important that the rest of us make sure that the ground of ideas is kept fertile and well-sown with good…
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God-like ‘most compelling radical theology text I have read’
Many thanks to Tripp Fuller for including God-Like in his top 20 reads for 2024. Thrilled to have that generous support for the book from someone who reads a LOT, and is an all round very smart thinker too. Some great other books on the list too – including my friend Tad Delay’s excellent exploration…