We Are Not Saved
We Are Not Saved discusses religion (from a Christian/LDS perspective), politics, the end of the world, science fiction, artificial intelligence, and above all the limits of technology and progress.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 421
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Hooves, Headsets, and Hedonism
Just look at the episode picture. The episode picture explains all...
Have More Kids!
My report from Natal Con 2023. Including reflections on Tommy Boy, seatbelts, and the proliferation of polycrises.
The 10 Books I Finished in November
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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by: Robert Wright
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by: Matthew Desmond
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Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thr…
Egregores, Group Minds, and White Magic
Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/egregores-group-minds-and-white-magic
Is there such a thing as a group mind? If so how does it affect the thriving and surviving of groups? What do such …
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[Patheos] - The Overemphasis on Love and Tolerance
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/11/the-overemphasis-on-love-and-tolerance/
Love is very important for Christians, but has there been too much emphasis placed on …
The 10 Books I Finished in October
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The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics by: Richard Hanania
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How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement by: Fredrik deBoer
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[Patheos] - The Worst Book I've Ever Read
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/10/the-worst-book-ive-ever-read/
John Seel Jr.'s book, The New Copernicans, is the worst book I have ever read. He puts forth a d…
Worthy of Our Sufferings
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/10/worthy-of-our-sufferings/
Dostoevsky wrote, "There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings." What do…
Can We Eliminate Struggle? - 2023
Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/can-we-eliminate-struggle-2023
Humanity has struggled and suffered for so long that we might be unable to survive without them. We dream of such eliminati…
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[Patheos] - Tragedies, Truths, and Technologies
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/10/tragedies-truths-and-technologies/
Historically we didn't worry about wars in far away places because we weren't aware of them…
The 12 Books I Finished in September
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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by: Natasha Dow Schüll
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The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism: Democratic Problems, Market Solutions and the Ethics of Preference Satisfaction by…
Would You Wager on Pascal's Mugging?
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/10/would-you-wager-on-pascals-mugging/
Imagine that someone walks up to you and demands all your money. If you fail to comply the…
Betting on the Future
Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/10/betting-on-the-future/
There are three obvious paths forward: religion, atheism and transhumanism. But each of these paths mus…
AI Risk Might Be More Subtle Than We Expect - 2023
Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/ai-risk-might-be-more-subtle-than
Depressed people are more prone to addiction. If social media engagement looks a lot like addiction, does that mean alg…