Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by David Zvi Kalman. New episode every other week.
Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
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Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by David Zvi Kalman. New episode every other week.
Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
Why do tech CEOs and visionaries use religious language—and what, if anything, does it have to do with organized religion? We talk Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan, about unity, infinity, simulated realities, NASA, and how human beings have sought to make meaning of their world.
Reading List:
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Astrotopia by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Worlds Without End by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Penseés by Blaise Pascal
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
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Belief in the Future
Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by David Zvi Kalman. New episode every other week.
Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
