So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
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Lesson 11: What is Artificial Intelligence?
Read MORE: Lesson 11: What is Artificial Intelligence?I want to return to Ira‘s observation that we are talking about many different understandings of artificial intelligence because it is basic to what I am finding. The individuals to whom I talked certainly did not share the same concept,…
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Lesson 10: The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Read MORE: Lesson 10: The Dangers of Artificial IntelligenceBefore addressing Ira’s observation that society– and we ourselves– are talking about many different understandings of artificial intelligence, I’d like to look at important recent events while they are fresh in our minds. They clearly contrast the present state of…
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Lesson 9: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence
Read MORE: Lesson 9: The Limits of Artificial IntelligenceMy limited knowledge of artificial intelligence is pretty much based on conversations with a computer engineer friend 30 years ago. He described his work as developing software to make a machine think like a human. I’m not sure he ever…
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Lesson 8: Artificial Intelligence on Church Decline
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Artificial Intelligence on Church DeclineSo far, I’ve looked at global technological systems to understand the major developments in human evolution taking place around us. You could also use artificial intelligence. Again, people seem to sense its impact but have difficulty explaining exactly what that…
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Lesson 7: Cooperation – Collaboration
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Cooperation – CollaborationSeveral years ago, I attended a peace church conference. Surprisingly, I did not find a lot of emotional piety but rather profound thought, even when asked questions such as “Is there a better way to preserve the community than shunning?”…
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Lesson 6: Overcoming Technological Violence
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Overcoming Technological ViolenceRebuilding culture is not something that is consciously done. You don’t gather people to design a culture. It naturally develops over many years as guidance for a group’s life. In an oral society, culture is the lifestyle and customs resulting…
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Lesson 5: Rebuilding Culture
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Rebuilding CultureI’ve been implying that we must build new or rebuild old cultural values lost by relying on technological systems. This assumes a very loose definition of culture as shared meanings and purposes that bind us together and guide our social…
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Lesson 4: Social Effects of Technology
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Social Effects of TechnologyI’ve been arguing that modern technology brings us many marvelous comforts and capabilities but also erodes traditional culture’s benefits. When people use technology to solve all their problems, culture becomes irrelevant. Let me go over some of the things lost.…
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Lesson 3: Unrestrained Technology
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Unrestrained TechnologyTraditional culture provided all sorts of guidelines for relating to our neighbors. Some of you have questioned if there was ever such a thing. You argue I should recognize the US has never had a common story. In the past,…
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Lesson 2: Definitions
Read MORE: Lesson 2: DefinitionsI think I got ahead of myself. Responses to the first lesson indicate I should define what I mean by culture and technology. In the past, a community was associated with a culture. That culture was not something consciously built…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.