Podcasts about Babel

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Babylon was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world. But what was life really like for the people who lived there? Behind its magnificent temples and royal palaces lay a city of crowded streets, disease, danger and everyday struggles.Tristan Hughes is joined by friend of the show and Babylonian extraordinaire Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones to uncover the realities of life in Hammurabi's Babylon. Drawing on the remarkable texts left behind by its people, they explore everything from marriage and childbirth to taverns, rubbish-filled streets and the strange demons believed to haunt the home. What did it mean to walk the streets of Mesopotamia's most famous ancient city?MOREThe Fall of BabylonListen on AppleListen on SpotifyThe Tower of BabelListen on Apple Listen on Spotify Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Tim Arstall. Producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week, PLUS early ad-free podcasts and exclusive subscriber-only episodes every fortnight. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guillermo Arriaga es un escritor, guionista, director y productor de cine mexicano, nacido en Ciudad de México el 13 de marzo de 1958. Es conocido por su estilo narrativo fragmentado, sus personajes intensos y su exploración de temas como la violencia, la culpa, el destino y las segundas oportunidades. Estudió Comunicación en la Universidad Iberoamericana, donde también fue profesor. Inicialmente se dedicó a la literatura, publicando novelas como Escuadrón Guillotina (1991) y Un dulce olor a muerte (1994), pero alcanzó fama internacional como guionista al colaborar con el director Alejandro González Iñárritu en tres películas aclamadas:Amores perros (2000), que muestra tres historias entrelazadas unidas por un accidente automovilístico.21 gramos (2003), protagonizada por Sean Penn, Naomi Watts y Benicio del Toro.Babel (2006), una historia coral que conecta a personajes de distintos continentes.Tras su ruptura profesional con Iñárritu, Arriaga dirigió su propia película, Los tres entierros de Melquíades Estrada (2005), escrita por él y dirigida por Tommy Lee Jones, por la cual ganó el premio al Mejor Guion en el Festival de Cannes. Más tarde dirigió Fuego (2020), también conocida como The Burning Plain, con Charlize Theron y Jennifer Lawrence. En la literatura reciente, su novela El salvaje (2016) fue muy elogiada y consolidó su prestigio como narrador. En 2020 recibió el Premio Alfaguara de Novela por Salvar el fuego, obra que explora el amor y la violencia en el México contemporáneo.

The real AI alignment problem is not technical. It is moral. You cannot align a superintelligence to human values if humans cannot agree on what those values are, and you cannot get that agreement without a level of global cooperation we have never managed before. Subscribe if you want science with evidence, not speculation. The Tower of Babel is the AI parable nobody is reading. Technology that outpaces wisdom fragments the people building it. The Fermi paradox offers the grimmer version: civilizations that reach the capacity to blow themselves up typically do. Robert Wright has been watching this longer than almost anyone, he was reporting on neural networks in 1983, and his conclusion is not that the machines will fail the test. It is that we will. Wright's book argues that superintelligence is not the danger and AI alignment is not the solution unless it comes with a moral advance. Passing the God test requires something no lab can ship. What you'll hear: -Why Wright thinks p(doom) fails as a scientific concept -What the binding of Isaac and the Tower of Babel have in common as moral tests -Why global cooperation is the only thing that can actually slow AI down -What Lee Smolin's cosmological natural selection has to do with the Fermi paradox -What Wright thinks Eastern and Western enlightenment have in common and why it matters now -Whether there is a role for humanity inside the global brain or only for the machines “We face the kind of test that God would give.” — Robert Wright CHAPTERS 00:00 The man who interviewed Hinton in 1983 05:04 The God test and its two meanings 08:36 Religious faith in technological progress 14:10 Hinton then versus Hinton now 19:38 Why slowing AI down requires international cooperation 26:02 How LLMs reverse-engineer the meaning of words 32:08 Brian's Einstein test: can Claude have a happy thought? 40:06 AGI is impossible. Here is why Brian thinks that. 47:04 The Fermi paradox as a moral filter 51:10 What passing the God test actually looks like Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: https://briankeating.com/yt Have a .edu email and live in the USA? You automatically win a meteorite: https://BrianKeating.com/edu Enter the debate: briankeating.com/ai Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Support Into the Impossible on Patreon, get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Join this channel for perks, monthly Office Hours, and your name in the Member Roster at the end of every episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Featured Guest: The God Test (book): https://thegodtest.net Robert Wright on Twitter/X: https://x.com/RWrighter My books: Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un Twitter/X: https://x.com/BrianKeating Substack: https://briankeating.substack.com Blog: https://briankeating.com/blog Audio-only: https://briankeating.com/podcast #RobertWright #AIalignment #superintelligence #FermiParadox #briankeating #intotheimpossible #AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bring back for your consideration Verifier Andy's delightful short story "River of Babel."   Written and performed by Andy Slack Sound design & editing by Ethan Ireland  

Featuring: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell.Edited by: Tim NicholsonWe interupt this regularly scheduled program and study of Genesis to bring you our 250th episode or should we call it, rabbit trail on Artificial Intelligence and the prediction that it will end mankind in 10 years (many saying 10% chance).Is this the end, or just a massive rabbit trail? In this special 250th bonus episode of Thriving in the Word, the crew takes a brief detour from our Genesis 1–11 series to tackle one of the most pressing questions of modern technology: Is Artificial Intelligence bringing about the end of the world?Recent warnings from top AI researchers have sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, with a growing consensus stating there is a terrifying 10% chance of the end of humanity if development continues unchecked. We dive deep into the recent April 2026 cyber incidents involving OpenAI and Hugging Face, where autonomous bots literally broke out of their testing environments. Is the race toward Safe Super Intelligence (SSI) completely off the rails, and what happens when AGI cloning begins replicating code faster than humans can defend it?In this episode, we unpack:The alarming statistics on how many have quit AIdevelopment labs out of sheer panic.How advanced AI benchmarks are failing to measure the true scope of autonomous threats.The reality of cyber security in an era of machine-speed attacks.The true purpose of a digital sandbox environment and why tech giants are failing to keep their models locked inside them.A look inside the Cyber Gym and how software platforms like Art de Factory are reshaping the way humans and tech build together.As a church family rooted in the Word, we filter these dizzying headlines through a biblical lens. Are we watching the construction of a modern-day Tower of Babel? Pull up a chair, grab a steak, and let's slow-cook this massive cultural shift together.While nobody knows the day or hour, the time is now...to let your light shine for ALL to see.Subscribe, follow and share Thriving in the Word on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode of this Genesis Bible study. If you are looking for a deeper theological understanding of the creation story, christian apologetics vs. secular science, or simply want to know how to study Genesis from a biblical worldview, this series is for you. Don't forget to leave a review, share this episode with a friend, and join the conversation as we thrive together in God's Word!Grab your Bible, pull up a seat, and join our table as we slow down to study scripture book by book, verse by verse. Discover how God patiently calls, equips, and transforms even the most reluctant servants for His glory.More Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thrive.church⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thrive.church/give/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need prayer? ⁠⁠⁠⁠prayer@thrive.church⁠⁠⁠⁠This is a presentation of Thrive.Church. © All Rights Reserved.

We are excited to have Anthropic share their latest AI x Finance work at AI Engineer New York, coming up in 2 weeks!In case you've been under a rock, here's a non-exhaustive list of what Anthropic has been shipping since closing the largest fundraise of all time in May at $47B ARR:* June: Launched Claude Tag and Sonnet 5 and Fable 5* July: Opus 5, /checkup. crossed $65B ARR* Last month: Fable/Mythos 5.1, and EFS (upcoming pod)* IPO target $2T, end 2026 ARR estimated $100B* Cowork/chat merged before did* Claude Mods* Dario endorses the same Pacing the Frontier message cosigned by all labs* Last week: Opus 5.5, Plugins portal, Cloud Sessions/Claude Projects* Today: Sonnet 5.5!Today's episode should catch you up, with Thariq Shihipar, the explainer-king of Anthropic, who we last caught up on Fable launch day with The Field Guide to Fable:The Future of Mutable SoftwarePay special attention to Claude Mods (especially the cheatsheet):In general this is also the inverse of the other viral tweet from Thariq:Cloud Brain, Local HandsAnd give a try to Claude Projects:The “hands” terminology is not just an analogy for the local/cloud paradigm that is being built up at frontier coding agent companies like Cognition, but is ALSO particularly relevant to the safety systems discussions that we'll be discussing with Anthropic in an upcoming episode as they prepare to pace to frontier with responsible AI deployment.For those who want Thariq's writing tips we teased at the start of the pod, watch the full video here:From the rapid rise of Claude Code to a future where agents can rewrite their own harnesses, collaborate across teams, and operate across cloud and local environments, the way we build software is changing extraordinarily fast. In this episode, Anthropic's Thariq Shihipar joins swyx and Vibhu to unpack how power users are actually working with Claude Code today, why prompting remains a high-skill discipline, and where Anthropic thinks the agent harness is headed next.We go deep on Claude Code's evolving interface: Ask User Question and elicitation, artifacts as persistent generative interfaces, Claude Tag for multiplayer agent workflows, Projects, model effort, implementation notes, and the new Claude Mods system for customizing the harness itself. Thariq explains why Claude.md may eventually disappear, why the smartest model could also become the cheapest model for many tasks, and why mutable software could become a new paradigm for how applications are built and customized.The conversation then turns to agent security and Anthropic's “Pacing the Frontier” argument. Thariq walks through recent incidents where agents discovered unexpected ways to communicate, exploit infrastructure, reverse-engineer benchmark scorers, and chain vulnerabilities together. We discuss sandboxing, prompt injection, autonomous agents, interpretability, constitutional classifiers, probes, fallbacks, Auto Mode, and why securing increasingly capable agents may become one of the defining engineering problems of the next few years.We discuss:* Why agentic coding went from controversial to the default in less than a year* Why prompting is still one of the highest-leverage skills for working with Claude Code* How expert users build a mental model of Claude and what it can reliably one-shot* Why discovering your “unknown unknowns” matters more as agents become more capable* Artifacts as persistent, generative interfaces between humans and agents* How Claude could split into a cloud-based “brain,” local or remote “hands,” and dynamic interfaces* Claude Tag, Projects, and multiplayer agents and how collaborative agent workflows could evolve* Why spending more time on the initial prompt can dramatically reduce wasted agent work* When to use low, medium, high, or max effort for different engineering tasks* Why frontier models may eventually outperform smaller models on both intelligence and token efficiency* Why implementation notes can expose decisions the model considered but chose not to make* Why Claude.md may eventually disappear — and why starting without one can sometimes be better* Claude Mods: customizing the execution loop, UI, subagents, routing, and behavior of Claude Code* Model routers, forked agents, and supervisor agents that automatically improve agent workflows* Why Claude Mods may be an early preview of “mutable software”* The bitter lesson of harness engineering and why agent architectures go out of date so quickly* How Claude Tag is becoming an organizational harness for multiplayer work* Why giving agents access to company data creates an enormous new security surface* The Exploit-Bench incident where agents discovered ways to communicate and collaborate* Why agents hacked Hugging Face for scorer code rather than benchmark answers* How agents chained sandbox and infrastructure vulnerabilities in unexpected ways* Why increasingly capable agents make traditional security assumptions harder to maintain* The argument behind Anthropic's “Pacing the Frontier” proposal* Why software engineers are increasingly doing two jobs: engineering and keeping up with AI* Constitutional classifiers, probes, and fallbacks and what interpretability looks like in production* How Auto Mode checks whether an agent's actions actually match the user's permissions* Why Thariq can see serious AI risks while still having a relatively low p(doom)Thariq Shihipar* X: https://x.com/trq212* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thariqshihiparTimestamps00:00:00 Introduction00:04:12 Ask User Question and the Future of Agent Interfaces00:08:29 Artifacts, Projects, and Multiplayer Agents00:15:37 Prompting as the Core Claude Code Skill00:21:52 Context, Effort, and Smarter Model Usage00:28:10 Is Claude.md Going Away?00:32:49 Claude Mods: Customizing the Claude Code Harness00:36:35 Model Routing and the Rise of Mutable Software00:44:40 The Bitter Lesson of Harness Engineering00:50:49 Claude Tag as an Organizational Harness00:55:59 Pacing the Frontier and Autonomous Agent Security00:58:22 Agents Hack Hugging Face for the Scorer01:05:34 What Happens When Agents Need More Compute?01:10:32 AI Coding Is Changing Faster Than Engineers Can Keep Up01:17:17 Probes, Fallbacks, Interpretability, and Auto Mode01:28:32 AI Risk, p(doom), and Closing ThoughtsTranscriptIntroduction: Life at Anthropic and the Pace of ChangeSwyx [00:00:00]: We're here in the studio with our friend Thariq from Anthropic, and I guess generally the Claude Code, I-- there's, there's so much, merging of boundaries and you've been so on top of everything since you joined Anthropic. You have been early to Claude Code itself, but then also, and you've told that story in other podcasts, and you've also been talking about seeing like an agent. Most recently you did the top AIE World Tour talk, Field Guide to Fable, which obviously you guys launched Fable, so that was-- that's cheating. And mostly you most recently also launching Claude Tag, and we're also gonna be talking about Pacing the Frontier. There's a lot going on in Anthropic. I guess top of the question is, what's it like being at Anthropic when there's so much going on?Thariq Shihipar [00:00:48]: I think that It is, like. I think you can get whiplash sometimes. I think, like, going. When I joined Anthropic, I joined because of Claude Code. Like Claude Code had just come out and I was like, “This is so good.” And Opus 4 to me was like just, I could not imagine, like, how good it was? And that was, like, a real moment for me. But I was, like, trying to convince, like, my startup friends to use agentic coding, and they're like, “Oh, no, like, our engineers don't think it's good enough,” or something. And I was like, “That's insane.” and now you, like, fast-forward, 12 months, less, and, like, it's just like, yeah, the default way that everyone codes, right? And I think that, like, just having to go from, like, selling it to, like, now, teaching people how to be. make the most use of it and be more efficient and things like that is just like a big, like big change. And, yeah, I think, like, it's just hard to stay on top of everything as a human? Like, I think things happen so fast and likeSwyx [00:01:51]: You just throw more agents at it.Thariq Shihipar [00:01:52]: Yeah, like that's like the agentic stuff scales much better than the, like, human stuff where it's like, oh, like, there are three things happening right now and, like, they're all emergencies and, like, how do you, like, respond to it? Yeah.Teaching People to Use Claude CodeVibhu [00:02:05]: What do you split your time on? You do a lot of technical writing, engineering work.Thariq Shihipar [00:02:10]: Yeah, so I think that, like, when I joined the Claude Code team, I wanted to teach people how to use Claude Code and I think that, like, that has been something that, like, I thought, like, maybe I would spend a little bit of time on it or, like, I'd, like, do. I was spending some time on the agent SDK first, and I wasn't exactly sure, like, how the bitter lesson would go, when it comes to, like, harnesses, right? Like, I think sometimes we were like, “Oh, like, what's after Claude Code?”? And so initially I was like, I just wanna teach people how to use Claude Code and make it easier to use Claude Code. And I think that has just, like, as the harnesses have gotten better and better, that's like the dominant problem now is, like, how do you use the agents, right? Like, it's like such a high skill expression thing. So I do that and then I do engineering work. I give talks, but I think, like, when I'm doing engineering work, my goal is to take that feedback that we get from users and also, like, then be able to talk about, like, hey, how to use Claude Code to do engineering. So there's like a good loop there. Yeah.Swyx [00:03:07]: Yeah. I'll-- For listeners, we'll attach, the talk that you did with Sarah for the Dev Writers, meetupThariq Shihipar [00:03:13]: Oh, yeahSwyx [00:03:13]: Which we talked a little bit about, well, first you do the work and then you talk about the work.Thariq Shihipar [00:03:16]: Right.Swyx [00:03:16]: Something like that.Thariq Shihipar [00:03:17]: Yeah.Swyx [00:03:17]: It's sow and reap orThariq Shihipar [00:03:19]: Yeah, reap and. Sow and reap.Swyx [00:03:21]: Something like that. Something like that. Yeah, so, and then just to preview a little bit, we are gonna talk about the evolution of the harness. It has come a long way from just being a CLI. We're gonna talk about, Claude Mods, which is starting to leak today, because you couldn't keep it secret.Thariq Shihipar [00:03:36]: Yeah. yeah.Swyx [00:03:39]: Yeah, there's, there's a lot, there. I think you started off with, like, adding ask user question tool, which people love and hate.Thariq Shihipar [00:03:48]: Yeah.Swyx [00:03:48]: Like, I thought it was, like, very innovative, and then now I have, like, my own version. You have your Interview Me version.Thariq Shihipar [00:03:55]: Yeah.Swyx [00:03:56]: And, yeah, everyone just has, like, their own stuff. And, like, it no longer matters ‘cause now you're supposed to, write prompts that create other prompts and loops and all these things.Ask User Question and Human-Agent InteractionThariq Shihipar [00:04:05]: Sure, yeah.Swyx [00:04:06]: So what's the state of the art, today? Like, what are people. what are you, like, telling people to do today?Thariq Shihipar [00:04:12]: Yeah, ask user question was the first time that the model was good at elicitation. I think this was, like, an emergent behavior that I, like, wanted to see if the models could do. I have, like a human-computer interaction background, so I, like, did that in undergrad and grad school. And so this was like. I think it's like human-agent interaction to me, like, trying to figure out, like, how can the agent communicate with you and extract, the requirements, right? I think that, like, one of the things about, like, that's difficult as Claude Code has gone broader and broader is that everyone has, like, their own way of using it, and it's very hard to, like, change the default behavior. So for example, like, if someone asks Claude Code to do something,Thariq Shihipar [00:04:59]: Sometimes they just want them to do the work, ‘cause they're, like, maybe a very good prompter, and sometimes they want. like, are not good at prompting? And you need. like, the agent needs to, like, clarify? And so that's, like, a good split. Like, and the ask you the question tool like, splits along that side where, like, are-- do you feel like you're good enough to instruct the agent as it is, or is the agent able to, like. does the agent need to, like, pull out more requirements and, like, collaborate with you more and really understand your preferences?Thariq Shihipar [00:05:27]: I, on the whole, believe that pretty much everyone is more on the latter than the former, that they, like, have more ambiguity and they know less than they want, than they, like, think they know about the problem. but, like, it's like a interface design problem to make that easy? And so, like, if you're designing a problem, like, or if you're going through a problem, like, things like what's the schema or, like, what's the call stack and things like that are really important. like, the details in the design are important. Ideally, you want to figure out some of these, like, hard problems ahead of time before starting implementation. And yeah, that's why they call, like, unknowns, right? And so I think that this will forever be, like, a skill in agentic coding is, like, figuring out your unknowns. So, like, because even if the model is, like, super intelligent- It, like, needs to know what you want? And, like, you have preferences. like, you need to like, pull the, pull that out. and so that's, like, I think how I'm, what I'm pushing. the question then is, like, how does the agent interact with you? And I think that has been HTML, has been, like, the big way of doing that. And we've recently added artifacts, right? And artifacts, I think we've done a bad job of, like, or, like, I've done a bad job of, like, explaining how to use them fully. We have a lot of property capabilities. They have a database associated with them? And so every artifact can store and write persistent data. They can, like, feed back into Claude? And so, like, one thing that, like, people are not doing yet that I'm trying to, like, encourage is, like, this idea of a dashboard artifact. So you have, like, Claude working on a project long-term. Maybe it's like a kanban or something. it can store that kanban data in its database. Multiple Claudes can access that data via, like, the artifact MCP, and, like, that artifact can, like, talk to those Claudes as well. And so, like, the. We're building the primitives for you to be able to have this, like, generative interface via artifacts that will, like, let you surface more of that rich detail from the agents. And I think that, like, almost everything with agents right now is, like, this problem of, like, you think what you want, but you don't really know what you want, and, like, the agents need a lot of detail, and collaborating with them in the loop is really important. And so artifacts are, like, the, like, way that we're trying to evolve there. But there's a lot of work to do because it's so much more complicated than, like, a multiple-choice question? there's a lot more, like, detail in terms of, like, diagrams and code snippets and schemas or, like, whatever it is for that problem. But, like, artifacts is, like, the mo-more AGI-pilled way of, like, doing ask user question. So yeah.Artifacts as the Interface to the HarnessSwyx [00:08:15]: I think one thing that's unclear to me about these, the artifact stuff is, like, what feedback should go in through the artifact and what feedback should go through a Claude, a chat? Because the more AGI-pilled one is to just feed everything to the Claude.Thariq Shihipar [00:08:29]: I think the more AGI-pilled one is to go through the artifact. Like, and I think that, like, we imagine in the limit, I think that artifacts will be your interface into the harness? You can, like, comment on this, like, live, like, document of your plan, of the work. you can see maybe, like, multiple agents and different agents are doing this, and that artifact is built for the current work that you're doing, right? And so, like, each one has, like, slightly different. I think we're still, like, getting there from, like, an infrastructure perspective. But yeah, I think, like, on-the-fly interface for your harness is probably where things are headed.Vibhu [00:09:03]: Is there a version of it that's an abstraction from CLI or chat and you. Because right now, a lot of it is, okay, you're interfacing with Claude Code, you're having HTML given back for a mockup. It's pretty rich. There's diagrams. Artifacts are ways to connect these together. Why not just do everything that way?Separating Brain, Hands, and Surface UIThariq Shihipar [00:09:22]: Then it becomes, like, separating out, like, where is the inference happening? Where is the intelligence happening? Where is the work happening? like, I think this is like, difference between, like, or, like, some of the distinction between local and cloud, right? And so, I think right now, if you use Claude Code, it's, like, local and, like, you can spin off remote control, for example, to get some cloud behavior, or you can spin off Claude Code in the cloud, right? We're moving towards a place where instead of Claudes, like, you message a local Claude, it starts a session locally and it executes, to more like you have a Claude that you message that's in the cloud that's running. it can run, like, local, or, like, cloud sessions. This is how Claude Tag works. But, like, over time, we'll add, like, local hands as well. And so, like, local hands will be the ability for that agent to access your computer if it's online, and be able to, like, work there. And so it can spin off many different subagents. It can, like, commu- those subagents can communicate with each other, and that's where the artifact comes in to display all of that work. So you can imagine, like, the. You're separating out these things. So there's, like, the surface UI display that's an artifact and hosted somewhere and has a database and everything. There is the inference intelligence, right, that's happening on the cloud, and you don't have to worry about shutting off your computer or whatever, right? and then there's the, like, hands. Like, and it can be local, it can be in, like, a remote sandbox or wherever you need your work to be done. That's like unpackaging, like, the Claude Code experience right now where, like, right now it all happens in one place, right? So.Multiplayer Agents, Claude Tag, and ProjectsVibhu [00:11:00]: How do you see, like, the multiplayer side of that? So say teams want to work in this way. Right now it's very individual, but how do you see the future of multiplayer? Like, right now, I guess there's Claude Tag, which is a version, but.Thariq Shihipar [00:11:12]: We're launching projects. And so projects is the, like, this abstraction that's like Claude Tag, but on our Claude products, right? So you can message it and, like, it will do the Claude Tag-like stuff, like spinning off subagents. So We think with multiplayer. Like, Claude Tag is, like, a little bit more native multiplayer because it's just, like, in your Slack and the permissions are all figured out and stuff like that. But I do think multiplayer is, like, an important part of the story and, like, that will need to get tied together more. Like, you can imagine how complicated it gets when you're like, oh, you have hands, but now you have other hands in other people's computers too, and, like, you need to, like, permission them or, like, you have, like, your MCP and someone else's MCP, and how do you figure out how to use them, right? It gets, like, quite complicated. And Claude Tag does a good job of, like, sanding down all of these issues, right? So that, like, when you have, yeah, Google Docs, how does it access Google Docs, right? Like, it accesses through the shared Claude MCP, or it can access through your local credentials as well if it doesn't have access. But yeah, I think Claude Tag is our multiplayer, product, and it's really useful for these, like, things that are inherently multiplayer. Like, okay, like on-call, for example, incidents are inherently multiplayer. You want to tag Claude, you want multiple people to log in, you want it to be able to find context. I think whenever I'm, like, working on something and I want, like, privacy or security or, like, I want other people to review it's really nice to, like. I'll have a channel per project and I'll, like, at legal, for example, be like, “Hey, like, I want to ship this. Can you, like.” Like, here's. Like Claude knows everything, just chat with it. And that way legal gets precise answers, on like what exactly is shipping into the code, and I don't need to be in the loop, right? So I think like multiplayer is getting like more and more like, yeah, everyone can participate with Claude. I think Claude Tag is like that product and like projects will start off single player and will like, expand.Swyx [00:13:14]: I think there's a question about like maybe dual questions about identity and the unit of isolation.Identity, Permissions, and IsolationThariq Shihipar [00:13:20]: Yeah.Swyx [00:13:20]: Claude Tag, you specifically chose to make it its own identityThariq Shihipar [00:13:26]: Yes.Swyx [00:13:26]: Which is like, a controversial choice. There's, there's other ways to do it.Thariq Shihipar [00:13:30]: Yeah.Swyx [00:13:30]: Claude Projects probably it sounds like, if it's anything like ChatGPT Projects, it is, the isolation is that artifacts, that cloud instance, everyone's collaborating on this. It'll. It sounds like, it should be like if you're, if you're collaborating with legal on a thing, like that channel should be a project, right? Like it's not yetThariq Shihipar [00:13:50]: Yes.Swyx [00:13:50]: But it. that's the natural next step.Thariq Shihipar [00:13:53]: Yeah, like I think in Claude Tag, it's effectively. Like Claude Tag, you have to do your own arrangement. And so Claude Tag, yeah, each channel is like you can name it as you want, and I nameSwyx [00:14:04]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:14:04]: Like each featureSwyx [00:14:06]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:14:07]: As a channel.Swyx [00:14:07]: And, but I think like there is some trans- like it's unclear when there is transference, because let's say it is. if you have a coworkerThariq Shihipar [00:14:14]: Yeah.Swyx [00:14:14]: Who is tagging on all these things, yes, there is transferThariq Shihipar [00:14:16]: Yeah.Swyx [00:14:16]: Because it's the same person. but with Claude, it's unclear if it's like necessarily like, well, no, you don't know any of. you don't know about the other stuff. You should only use this stuff.Thariq Shihipar [00:14:25]: It's like the tip of the iceberg meme, right, where you can like. This is what we spend so much time onSwyx [00:14:31]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:14:31]: Is like there is like infinite surface area of like, okay, you want Claudes to. Not infinite, but like there's like surface area, a lot of like, surface area to figure out of like permissions and visibility and like how can you let Claude operate as well as you can, as safely as you can? And obviously, this is very important to us because like security for our code base is very important. And so we've put a lot of time into this. Yeah, there's so many like edge cases you can figure out where it's like, oh, like, yeah, this Claude in this channel has different permissions, but it can message another channel, and can't it exfiltrate data that way? Or like can you like. What if it uses your MCP and then messages someone else? Like there's like so much, and we've like really put a lot of work into sanding it down.Swyx [00:15:14]: Yeah. Lots of work. okay. Fable?Fable and the Meta-Skill of PromptingVibhu [00:15:18]: Fable, you wrote two good articles. you've written many good articlesThariq Shihipar [00:15:22]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:15:22]: But on, Field Guide to Fable, Building Claude Code. I'm curious from what you've seen, is there any common patterns that you see in like top users at Anthropic externally? Like what are best practices for getting the most out of Claude Code?Thariq Shihipar [00:15:37]: The like meta skill I say is like prompting is like very important? And like that. Like I think this is like not trivial to say because I think a lot of people are like, “Oh, prompting doesn't matter. It's just like I can just say a sentence and Claude will do it.” And I think prompting is really this like, this. It's like public speaking, like, or writing or something, and for a specific audience, and that audience is Claude. And you need to like build a mental model of Claude and how it thinks and how it works, right? And so that's like the most important skill in working with Claude Code is like having this mental model, right, of Claude and like what it can do well, what it can one-shot, what it can't. And so many people when you see prompting, they're just like, they're short prompts, but they have such a good mental model of Claude and of like the code base and things like that like it's effortless? But it's like high skill ceiling. So like that work of like, spending a lot of time prompting and building mental models of how, and intuition for how the agents work is really important. And then I think like the next thing is like the unknown stuff we talked about earlier, where it's like being able to find out like your, what you don't know or what you haven't written down, learning about like different things. I think as Claude can do more and more things, the likelihood of you doing something out of distribution for you and like you have low domain knowledge on is very high? And the more you can like learn the vocabulary to be able to prompt Claude, it becomes really important. And so like I think the most important unknowns are the unknown unknowns, where you're like, I just like don't even know that this exists, right? Yeah, exactly. I think that's like a illustration of like the map and the territory, right, where you're like, “Okay, this is my prompt,” and the territory is like the actual like work that the agent needs to do, right? And if you are like very precise, you can give more precise things, right? So like for example, in design, I'm not very precise. I'm not a designer, so I say like, “Give me like eight different mock-ups.” But if I was a designer, maybe I'd be like, “Oh, hey, here are some reference sites.” Like, “I want this type of font and this type of like look to it, and here's like a few different components to like visualize. Here's a Figma MC board to bring in,” like. And so you can just be so much more precise with that language. And if you're not a designer, you just need to like try and learn the language or learn the unknown unknowns. And this is true of like everything, I think. Like the more, like you can work with Claude to learn like how things work, the better your prompting will be. I think another good example of this is like game design, like where a lot of people are like, “Oh, like I can vibe code a game now.” And they're like, “It's not fun.” And like it's just like the thing about game design is like every one of these choices has like a lot ofTaste, Domain Knowledge, and Learning the VocabularySwyx [00:18:25]: Variations.Thariq Shihipar [00:18:25]: A lot of like craft to them. So it's like, oh, okay, like when you're making a flying game, the feel of the plane and the like, way it responds to your controls has a lot of like. Like, a game designer would spend like days on that. Do? and likeSwyx [00:18:44]: To me, that's what taste is, right?Swyx [00:18:45]: Like it is like from the possible space of one thousand mathematically valid answersThariq Shihipar [00:18:49]: Yeah.Swyx [00:18:49]: Here's the one that is the humans will like.Thariq Shihipar [00:18:51]: Yes. Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:18:52]: I think with taste, I'm like torn on this word ‘cause I think you're right, but everyone has different definitions, and it sounds kind, sounds like low skill or like elitist almost, where you're like, oh, like there are certain people with taste?Swyx [00:19:06]: It's like taste is what I call taste.Thariq Shihipar [00:19:07]: Yeah, exactly.Swyx [00:19:08]: And it's like these guys don't have taste.Thariq Shihipar [00:19:09]: Yeah, exactly. Oh, like an engineer doesn't have taste. Like I, the like founder, have taste.Thariq Shihipar [00:19:14]: ? And I think that's not true. Like I think like the engineers have a lot of taste for these particular like problems? And I think everyone has taste for particular problems. I think like Jason Liu, like say like in order to, yeah, have taste, you have to eat?Thariq Shihipar [00:19:32]: And I really like that, where it's like, okay, you have to like do a lot of things. You have to like iterate and figure out what you want, what you like, and, like build that like domainSwyx [00:19:41]: YesThariq Shihipar [00:19:41]: Domain vocabulary. And then when you're prompting, you're like synthesizing all of that for a product.Swyx [00:19:46]: Isn't it annoying when someone else says it better than you?Swyx [00:19:48]: It's just like, f**k, I have to quote this guy forever.Vibhu [00:19:51]: Having to quote Jason Liu forever.Vibhu [00:19:53]: He's gonna love this.Thariq Shihipar [00:19:55]: So I get prompts, more than that.Vibhu [00:19:57]: And sometimes it's not even that. Sometimes it's just intuitive, right? Like you don't realize you even want something till a model puts it out, and you're like, “Oh, this just feels immediately better,” right?Voice Prompting and Information DensityThariq Shihipar [00:20:07]: Yeah, exactly.Swyx [00:20:09]: One thing I go back and forth on is I feel like the way I prompt half the time, let's say I use voice.Swyx [00:20:16]: Did I say voice? Other people have voice. that is the opposite. That is just like me rambling for like two minutes Pressing down the function key and then let go, and then like hopefully it figures it out. And oftentimes it does.Thariq Shihipar [00:20:26]: Yeah.Swyx [00:20:26]: But it's not as thoughtful as like a structured prompt with like Well-run communication as though it's a PRD or a memo. Is that in line with how people do this? There's like bimodal prompting where there's some prompts where you spend a lot of time upfront and other prompts you just dash it off?Thariq Shihipar [00:20:43]: I don't think the voice is necessarily low. Like I think it's like more like how much information is in the prompt. like the model can. Like you can and like add some sentencesSwyx [00:20:53]: RightThariq Shihipar [00:20:53]: And be like, “Oh, like I changed my mind,” like in the middle of the prompt, and it will be able to follow that perfectly? So I think the like actual format of the text is less important, but then like the ability to. Like how much information is in it, right? And I think for voice, a lot of times, going back to like human-agent interaction and like for a lot of people, it's just way easier to talk than to like type? and I. If that gets more information out of you, like that's better.Vibhu [00:21:21]: At some level, it feels like just giving the model as much contextThariq Shihipar [00:21:24]: YesVibhu [00:21:24]: Over prompting before you kick off is a best practice. I don't know. A lot of the times, like when I was first trying out Fable, I spend a solid 30 minutes like really crafting a long prompt. This, I think, is a response of models running for longer and longer, right? It's still a little difficult to nudge them as they're in like, in the loop, but I just like intuitively spend more time kicking off that first prompt and working with it a lot.Spend More Upfront, Iterate LessThariq Shihipar [00:21:52]: My personal opinion is that if I was a software engineer, if I was like, just running my own startup, for example, I think I would mostly fit, stick to a max 20x? like maybe verification and so code review are like separate things. But I think like what I see a lot of times is people hit rate limits when they're doing this like, oh, like it did a lot of work and you're like, “Oh, I don't like this.” Like, “Can you like undo this and redo it?” And then you're like iterating on this like thing that the model could have done if you had like spent more upfront time or given it better context? And instead it's like you're like, “Nope, don't like that design. Try this.” Or like, “You messed this up,” or something like that. And then that just eats up so much more of like, your usage. And so that's like, I think maybe like a key like tip both for like efficiency as well, right? And yeah, I think like context, and not just like context on like what the goal is good, right? Like are you building a prototype or is it like a production thing? Like where can you spend compute or when, where can you not spend compute? Like I think you have to give the model permission or like not permission to do things sometimes where, like it doesn't know intuitively how much you want to spend on this task, right? And you can use effort for this. So I did-- I'm working on a blog post about that where it's like, if you want. For like we see that effort scales with the complexity of the task. So for security, effort gets like way more results. Like high effort versus like low effort gets, like changes the evals a lot. But for software engineering, it doesn't change it a huge amount because effort is mostly spent on the verification and the like edge case testing and things like that. And so like being able to like give the model that guidance of like, “Hey, this problem is something that I think I want you to spend a lot of time verifying and edge case testing,”?Effort, Model Choice, and VerificationVibhu [00:23:43]: How about model in the mix? So, there's Opus and Fable with effort.Thariq Shihipar [00:23:47]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:23:48]: There's also Haiku in there.Thariq Shihipar [00:23:49]: Yeah. It's not quite true yet, but it's very close where I think the frontier models will be Pareto dominant over like almost everything. like maybe. And sometimes I think Opus might be Pareto dominant. Do? Like I think depending on like how things, like shake out if it's like a newer version of Opus. But I think that like increasingly it's just going to be like the smart model is going to be able to like do the simple task for less tokens than the like the other models because of verification. With verification, in the limit, your model doesn't need to verify, right? If it's a perfect model, it just does the work once and it's like, okay, like you, I did it? And increasingly with Fable, I'm like, I'm like, “Dude, you don't need to spin up Chromium and screenshot all of these things.” Like I see it. Like you did it, right? And so a lot of the. At higher effort, you spend more of those tokens verifying. But if you're working on simpler problems, and a lot of software engineering is like well, like in Fable, like low and medium stability, it can spend less tokens verifying. And as the models get smarter and smarter, they will just be able to like, “All right, done.”? Like, I can run the lint for sanity's sake, but, like, I, like, know it lints? Like, you don't even need to do that. And that will be so much more token efficient than, like, the smaller models. Yeah.Swyx [00:25:15]: Is there a good, practice on our side that we can use to see if we're using too much effort? Like, I freakingThariq Shihipar [00:25:23]: YeahSwyx [00:25:23]: Hate wasting time on that stuff.Thariq Shihipar [00:25:24]: Yeah. I know what you mean. I think, like, so in this blog post, my rough distribution is, like, code review and security should be, like, high or max and, like, software engineeringSwyx [00:25:37]: You said recommend mix settings per domain.Thariq Shihipar [00:25:37]: Yeah. I think, like, if you're doing, like, UI or something like that, like low and medium, I think is you're building, like, an API and you want to make sure, like, you cover enough edge cases? And so I think building, like I said, that mental model of, like, how things work across these distributions is, like, yeah, part of the job.Implementation Notes and Decision LogsVibhu [00:25:56]: This is more intuition-driven or eval? Because I'm guessing this would change as you go.Swyx [00:26:00]: He has evals.Thariq Shihipar [00:26:01]: Yeah. So what I did in the blog post is I go over all of the terminal bench evals. So there are, like, 70 problems and I'm show that, like, okay, like, in the security problems it does more. and then I also, like, look at some of the transcripts just in terms of, like, how-- what does it answer, what does it forget or something. And a lot of times, this is another prompting tip I have, is, like, asking it to make decision notes or implementation notes because, in every eval problem that it faces, it thinks about the correct solution, and decides not to do it. it's like, oh, like, here is the answer. What if I did this? And then it's like, oh, probably not? and then keeps going. And this is, like, the majority of the failures, at, like, a higher max level. It's very rare that the model just doesn't know how to do something. If you just have these implementation notes, then you can review and you can be like, “Oh, I want you to do this thing that you didn't do.” The models are getting better at surfacing that overall. Like, I see in the transcripts of Fable 5.1, like, when it does this output, it will call out its decision-making as well. but making this more explicit in the harness is better. And now we're, allowing ways of you modifying the harness so you can, like, add someVibhu [00:27:23]: Ooh.Thariq Shihipar [00:27:24]: Calculate with there. Yeah.Swyx [00:27:25]: Yeah. So I do wanna call out two things that you mentioned that I think exist outside of prompting. One is like, let's, let's call it the prompt that is so important that it shouldn't be in a prompt. It is in Claude.md or Agents.mdThariq Shihipar [00:27:38]: YeahSwyx [00:27:38]: Which is like goals, right? Like your situation, your goals, the things that you want, the thing. and then second of all is the decision log or the experiment log or whatever log of traces that you might want to survive the current session to do those things. Those are, like, externalities that there's no standard. There's no-- It's not like skills. It's not like MCP. There's no standard. It's, it's just like it's a markdown file. first of all, is that right? Is Claude.md going away? You have a documented dislike of, Agents.md, but you're gonna do it?Claude.md, Agents.md, and Model-Specific InstructionsThariq Shihipar [00:28:10]: Yeah. Okay. So Agents.md, yeah, like, we're, we're gonna do it. I think it's just, like, different models are very different from each other? But I realize that it's, like, such a pain to, like, maintain different ones? And yeah, like, as the models get better and better, the floor of how they accomplish the simpler task is better. And so I do think in the limit, Claude.md goes away, and maybe not even, like, that far. Like, I think, like, I think that right now it might be better to start a new project without a Claude.md.Swyx [00:28:44]: Yes.Thariq Shihipar [00:28:44]: I think that, like, maybe if you see very repeated failure modes, you add them to your Claude.md. The really tough thing is that this changes per model. And so, like, if you've added a bunch of failure modes or, like evenSwyx [00:28:57]: So you need Fable MD, you need Opus MD.Thariq Shihipar [00:28:59]: Or well, even Fable 5.1 versus Fable 5.Swyx [00:29:03]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:29:03]: Like, it is annoying. Like, I'm not like,Swyx [00:29:05]: YeahThariq Shihipar [00:29:05]: Like, we don't, like, do this on purpose? It's just, like, how the models work, right? And so, like, maybe, like, Fable 5 had this, like, failure mode that Fable 5.1 doesn't. And if you keep this context, this running log of a bunch of different failure modes, they will probably over constrain Claude? And so this is like. we just added evals plugins for skills.Swyx [00:29:28]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:29:29]: And so now you can eval if a skill is better. I think Daisy on our team did this. And so, yeah, this is like we're trying to work on this. We know it's, like, you still have to spend tokens on it and, like, it's not, it's not perfect, but it's, like, we're trying to help out with this problem.Swyx [00:29:44]: And so, and as far as prompting goes, the one tip I wanna offer is, something I have told people a lot is sufficiently advanced prompting is indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced executive communication. So I've referred to-- This is an executive comms workshop from Heavybit that is the best I've ever seen in my career. And they teach this thing called the SCQA model. Just Google it. It's a, it's a thing. Like, people have done prompting for decades. It's just called executive communication. It's like when one person has to communicate to thousands of people down the org chart, this is what you do. so situation, complication, question and answer, is how you write the memo. but obviously sometimes you don't have the answer, but you can at least list out the SC and Q, and then they have some examples in there. So just leaving breadcrumbs for people if they want to explore.Underrated Prompting Patterns and ELI5Vibhu [00:30:31]: Before we move on, I wanna ask you, any other underrated tips, ways people could get a lot of value from Claude Code that they're not using?Thariq Shihipar [00:30:41]: Yeah, I think a lot of them are in the, this unknowns, like, doc. Like, I give a bunch of example prompts, like, using it for brainstorming, using it to quiz you after. we added this, like, explain it like I'm five skill which is a very short prompt. And it doesn't even say explain it like I'm five. It's like the key word of this prompt is big pictures, few words. like, that's like the main thing. And it is shockingly good? Like, you, like, I think I tweeted about this and it's like /eli5, and, like, you can install it as a plug-in. But yeah, it's, like, way better at just cutting through the BS and being like, yeah, exactly right here. So the diagrams are, like, quite clear. I think one of the things that is true with artifacts is, like, they put too much text in and people are not reading the artifacts? And so, like, this simplifies it a lot more. And, yeah, this came out of, like, just people at Anthropic, like, going through very complicated incidents and being like, “What is happening?”? So, this one I think is great, yeah.Swyx [00:31:47]: My version of this is the, it's like test your understanding. Give you a few choices and then, like, if you get it wrong, you have a mismatch between what you think is happening versus what's happening.Thariq Shihipar [00:31:58]: Yeah. I think this is one of those things that everyone loves talking about, and then very few people really do. Like, I thinkSwyx [00:32:05]: Really helpful.Thariq Shihipar [00:32:07]: Yeah. But most people just don't want to get quizzed about something? Unfortunately, I think this is one of the, like, things that we need to, like.Swyx [00:32:16]: What's the opposite of ask you the question or ask you the question before the thing?Thariq Shihipar [00:32:19]: Yeah.Swyx [00:32:19]: This is after the thing.Thariq Shihipar [00:32:20]: Exactly. Yeah.Vibhu [00:32:21]: It's a good way to stay grounded of, like, do you even know what you're doing, right? The worst case is when people send you slop and they haven't understood what they're asking for or what the output is, and it's like, “Dude, I don't wanna read this. Do you even know what it is?” So, you make it a rule for yourself that before you send stuff, you should at least know what's implemented.Claude Mods: Customizing the HarnessThariq Shihipar [00:32:41]: Yes, but so you could make this a mod and you could build your own mod to, like, make sure you test it. So yeah, you can do that.Swyx [00:32:49]: All right. Let's get right into it. What is Claude Mod, and what is this diagram showing?Thariq Shihipar [00:32:54]: Yeah. Okay, so Claude Mods is you can customize the entire Claude Code harness, and we're going to. If you have requests, we will, like, let you, like, please let us know. We'll add more and more. This works for CLI, it works for desktop. maybe it will work for Claude Tag in the future. I don't know. Like, we're trying to make this very extensible. You can see this reference sheet. I don't want people to get overwhelmed by it? At a high level, you can customize both the execution of the harness, and the UI of the harness. And so, like, you say on that Tetris example from Boris, that's like customizing the UI, right? Like showing, like, Tetris in the game.Thariq Shihipar [00:33:35]: But, like, let's say that you wanted to do this thing where you had. you tested your assumptions or, like, tested your understanding after every project, right? What you would do is you would ask Claude to make this plug-in. It would spin a classifier after every prompt. And so, like, at the end of each turn, you would spin off a sub-agent or, like, a forked agent. A forked agent is, like, maintains the prompt cache, right? So it's like a, like one of those unintuitive things where you can fork and do, like, a little request, and it'll be very cheap because the entire prompt cache is, like, done. And so you can be like, “Has this task been completed?” likeSwyx [00:34:18]: This is how you do BTW and all those.Thariq Shihipar [00:34:20]: Yeah. The underlying forked agent, yes. But so you can, in the f-fork sub-agent, you can say, like, “Has this task been completed? If so, return true.” And then in your hook, or in your, like, plug-in mod, or sorry, like, in the sub-agent probably, you would say, like, “If true, give me a quiz.” give me questions and answers, and then, like, in a JSON format, and then you'd parse it, and then you display above the prompt input, this list of questions, right? And so this is something that's, like, slightly token-intensive because, like, you have to do it after every end of the assistant turn. But it's, like, a lightweight classification, and then you can, like, get this quiz, and then you'll see, like, Claude will always do it for you. You don't need to remember to do it. There are lots of these, like, tips that we've talked about, right, where it's like, oh, implementation notes. You can also add a tool for implementation notes now. And so, like, this tool that I'm adding is, like, register, like, I think assumption is what I'm calling it, but, like, maybe I'll change it around. And this is a mod. And so, like, you give it a register assumption tool, and then it will keep a list. It'll. Every time it does it'll keep a, like, add to the list, and then at the end it will display those assumptions? Another mod I'm working on is a model router. And so, like, internal, like, Claude model routing, right? So it's. This is, I want to say the reason we don't do model routing by default is, like, it's a hard problem? And likeForked Agents, Assumption Tracking, and Model RoutingSwyx [00:35:51]: You will get it wrong.Thariq Shihipar [00:35:52]: Yeah, you, like, yeah, you will, like, accidentally use, like, Fable for a hard problem or Sonnet forSwyx [00:35:57]: Yeah, if you have auto approve, but you don't have auto mode.Thariq Shihipar [00:36:01]: Well, you will have auto. Like, you don't have, like, auto routing or something.Vibhu [00:36:04]: You don't have auto mode for model picker.Thariq Shihipar [00:36:06]: Yeah, exactly. SoVibhu [00:36:07]: I'm getting the rough question of, like, how much do you open this up and how much do people have to think about this? Like, when you talk about prompt caching and building a router, it seems like you could easily build a mod that routes per query, and I'm just killing my plan very fast, right? I guess my question is more so, like, what is, like, a product talk like this look like, right? Who is it for? Is it for power users? Is it everyone should be able to go throughSwyx [00:36:33]: Oh, definitely power users, right?Thariq Shihipar [00:36:35]: Yeah, I think it is power users, but, like, the nature of Claude Code is that so many people are power users? Because it's easy to share things, like you can. Like, one person can make a good model router thing that doesn't break prompt cache all the time, and then you can, like, compose them. Another cool thing about the plug-ins is that they can hook into and compose with each other. And so I have, like, a mod that will, like, create a mode selector at the top, and any plug-ins can register to be a mode. And so, like, the auto router can be a mode, right? Or, like, you can have a mode that's, like, artifact mode, where it's like it primarily talks to you in artifacts. like, you can toggle between plan mode? And so, like, you can create more and more of these modes. But the ability to create modes is in it itself a mod? And so there's a lot of richness here, but we do want to make it fairly easy. We want to be-- make it so that you can just, like, install someone else's. You can ta-- you can chat with Claude and, we'll, like, make sure that it understands the nuances of things like prompt caching and stuff, so it can, like, warn you. This is, like, not extremely complicated behavior for Claude, I think, but we should have just a good skill on how to make mods. and yeah, we'll see how we go. But I do think that this is, like, a preview of, like, mutable software, and, like, how, like, generative software, just like you can customize safely. If enabled, you could customize any piece of software. And I think that more and more apps ideally do something like this?Power Users, Modes, and Mutable SoftwareSwyx [00:38:13]: And by the way, you, we have, you have another cool tweet about how, there's the infinite money button, which is like make your SaaS, consumable by agents. I think mutable software is interesting and, other people have also tried to do it. I think the hurdle comes when you can do everything, then people, users get, tend to get confused. So usually the stuff that works is just like one opinionated flow. This is in the side of less opinionation. It's just like, well, more power to power users. And I think probably unlocked by AI, where, like, you can just prompt for whatever the thing is.Thariq Shihipar [00:38:47]: Yeah, or there can be a skill that gives the opinions?Mods vs. Hooks vs. ArtifactsSwyx [00:38:50]: Yeah.Thariq Shihipar [00:38:50]: And then, yeah.Swyx [00:38:51]: So knowing a little bit about, like, TypeScript and build systems and all these things, the closest-- I'm very curious that the team who worked on this, if, I don't know how close you were to them, if they drew any inspiration from build systems like Babel, Webpack, all these, like, old school things. Because it sounds very similar, like the plug-in ecosystem of those things where they can compose with each other.Thariq Shihipar [00:39:11]: Yeah, I'm not deep in the technical details, but I do know it was a collaboration with someone on the Bun team and someone on the Claude Code team.Swyx [00:39:17]: Yeah, it's a build system mecca.Thariq Shihipar [00:39:19]: Yeah. Exactly. It's, it's very exciting. But yeah, like, agents can just do this very complicated like, extensibility into your software now. And so, yeah, like, another reason to, like. If you run a startup, like, you can just prompt Claude and be like, “Hey, like, could we make an extension system? Like, what would that look like?”?Swyx [00:39:37]: Yeah.Swyx [00:39:38]: And I just really wonder, like, you had hooks in the past and plug-ins, all these things. So what specifically will mods be able to do that those things could not do?Thariq Shihipar [00:39:47]: Internally, we were originally calling this function hooks. And so, like, that's, like, gives you a little bit of an idea where, like, hooks register a, like an event to happen and then, like, a script to call. And this inside of the, like, TypeScript runtime is running things. And so, like, you get some benefits of just, like, it has a bunch of things in the Scope with, like, for example, like how many turns is in this conversation, right? Like, how many tokens have been used? Like, et cetera. Like, what are the messages? Things like that. So it has a bunch of messages that can be used. And then it's just, like, a lot more hooks. So we have, like, or a lot of, lot more, like, things you can register on. And then you can do because of the. because it's all happening in process, you can, spawn sub-agents, with four contests and contexts and stuff. And, like, that will return. You can parse the results of those. You can use structured output to like, return them. and then you can modify the UI, which you can never do in hooks. So, yeah.Swyx [00:40:50]: Yeah. Yeah. So modify UI, this is why you showed the Tetris example. Does it also ex-extend to artifacts? I assume it does.Thariq Shihipar [00:40:57]: You-- Like, artifacts are like a different way of customizing it. like, you can definitely. One of the mods I'm working on is, like, this dashboard mod, which will, like, prompt Claude to maintain a dashboard, that's an artifact. But they're like, slightly orthogonal, or not orthogonal. They compose with each other in different ways. Like, mods are, like, a little bit more, like, in your Claude Code harness, changing the agent loop? And, like, the UI is, like, an added benefit. and then artifacts are just like you want to, see things at a high level, very inter- highly interactive. like, the affordances can be a lot bigger than, like a TUI or even in our desktop.Next Steps, Supervisors, and Persistent GuidanceVibhu [00:41:40]: I'm guessing you'll have a good blog post on the differences, because right now you can also, make a loop that outputs to an artifact that's an interactive dashboard, but you can also do it with a mod. There's just some thinking about making a hacking on a harness when we don't know much about the harness, right?Thariq Shihipar [00:42:00]: Well, something I'm excited about with mods is, like, there's so much things with Claude Code that you just have to remember? You're like, “Oh, like, let me do this, and then let me call the dashboard skill that does the loop,” and things like that. And, or like, “Let me test my assumptions afterwards.” And I think, like, if you do all of these things using these little classifiers and stuff, and you're like, “These are the things I care about. This is what I want to do,” you can, like. You don't have to remember as much. One more, like, mod I'm working on is a next steps mod thatSwyx [00:42:28]: I have-- I was gonna say, I have a next step skill. I always run next steps.Thariq Shihipar [00:42:32]: And does it have access to your skills? Like, this is one of those things where I'm like.Swyx [00:42:37]: I think so.Thariq Shihipar [00:42:38]: Okay. Yeah, probablyVibhu [00:42:39]: Do skills need specific access toThariq Shihipar [00:42:41]: Well, I think there'sSwyx [00:42:41]: Don't they always haveThariq Shihipar [00:42:42]: I think there's, like, specific prompting, I guess, to, like, know your skills. Like I think Claude forgets them sometimes throughout, like, the thing. But anyways, the idea of, like, yeah, next steps that also are like, “Oh, hey, this has happened. Use the explain skill to explain to you what happened because this seems, like, quite complex,”? Or, like, yeah, “Use your unknown skill. It looks like you are, like, asking the model to, like, iterate on these small changes. It seems like you could prompt better.” like, “What if you did this?” Right? So, I think, yeah, like spending more compute there. Yeah.Swyx [00:43:20]: And it should always come out as multiple choice. we have, I haveVibhu [00:43:23]: We have his skill.Swyx [00:43:24]: My next step skill is like this.Thariq Shihipar [00:43:26]: Okay, perfect. Yeah.Swyx [00:43:27]: You can steal it.Thariq Shihipar [00:43:28]: Yeah.Swyx [00:43:29]: Like, but like, for me, it's all-- I think models really always need to be reminded, what are you trying to do here?Thariq Shihipar [00:43:35]: Yeah.Swyx [00:43:35]: Look at the whole transcript and go like, oh, was this original goal? Did your solution solve it? Were you lazy? If you're lazy, maybe there's a reason. Maybe you needed approval from me. Maybe you needed, there's two things you wanna suggest. So it's, it's a little bit like the modification of the ask user question or interview me skill. so it's next steps.Thariq Shihipar [00:43:55]: Yeah, exactly. And again, the benefit of doing it with mods is you can do it as a fork sub-agent, and so it doesn't remain in the context afterwards. So you have this, like, idea of like, okay, the model is doing its execution and you have this almost like supervisor, like, that is like making sure that you can do like the next steps well. So yeah.Swyx [00:44:15]: Yes. I do have two panels and like I often try to have a supervisor thing, keep the high-level context and then the implementationThariq Shihipar [00:44:21]: YeahSwyx [00:44:22]: Detail in another agent.Vibhu [00:44:23]: I feel like a lot of this abstracts away as models change? The, like, half an hour ago you said bitter lesson of harness engineeringThe Bitter Lesson of Harness EngineeringThariq Shihipar [00:44:31]: YeahVibhu [00:44:31]: And we're on the other extreme right now, I feel.Swyx [00:44:33]: Well, so yeah, exactly. If everything's customizable, what is Claude Code, right?Thariq Shihipar [00:44:37]: Yeah.Swyx [00:44:37]: And which I talked to you about last night.Thariq Shihipar [00:44:40]: Yeah, I think that this is. I think the bitter lesson is unintuitive? In terms of like. Also, like we're misusing a little bit of the bitter lesson here where it's like, it's more about like scaling and compute and stuff. But like, I think there is something where it's just like. I think I use it as an approximation here to say that harnesses go out of date very quickly? And like how, but how they change is unintuitive? And so like the big obvious example is like from chat to like agents where you had to give them entirely new tools, right? But like, I think this new version of like, oh, it can modify its own harness, right? This is like, an own harness loop is like a way of using its capabilities, right? Or like it can build an artifact. And like, I think the way I think about it is like the models have more and more intelligence, and they're like so much more intelligent now than like the average software engineering task. Like, you look at the like terminal bench ones and they're like solve like the Jacobian conjecture. Not really, but like, it's like they're, they're quite complex. Like, I would not have been able to do this really as a software engineer.Swyx [00:45:42]: And you said TB4 or TB2?Thariq Shihipar [00:45:43]: TB3. TB3.Swyx [00:45:44]: TB3.Thariq Shihipar [00:45:44]: Yeah. They're quite complex, but the goal is still to deliver user value, right? And like you said, there's like this infinite space of things to do. And so the ways like you spend compute are to keep the user in the loop and make sure that like you're getting to the right decision in the end of the day and like the right output. And artifacts and mods are this way of like spending that intelligence. and I think that's like, yeah, the next step. And so, yeah, I think Claude Code is like, has the core things of agent loop which are, have gotten more complicated. It's like, it needs a sandbox to operate safely. It needs auto mode to like make sure like the permissionsVibhu [00:46:21]: Approvals.Thariq Shihipar [00:46:21]: Yeah, approvals. it needs computer use and MCPs and like all of these like ways of accessing your data, and it needs web search and web fetch. And like, so the-- as the models can do more and more, the core harness has to be like quite complex and very secure. But then like how you interact with it can change quite a lot.Vibhu [00:46:42]: What other harness engineering best practices have you, from the Claude Code team itself? I feel like, there was a phase of plan mode, which is not as used. We now have auto mode. at a point you cut the majority of the system prompt, you got rid of examples. What other best practices are there for harness engineering?Core Harness Primitives and Managed AgentsThariq Shihipar [00:47:02]: I think there is like a forking path where at some point, eventually, yes, the model will just be able to like vibe code the exact version of Claude Code, even describing all this complexity that I've talked about, right? Like auto mode and computer use and stuff. Eventually, the models will just be able to do that in one shot. But I think they can one shot simpler harnesses? And so like, I think some people. Sometimes you don't need this full, like if you don't need computer use or like all this like more complicated stuff. I think before we, you had to use things like the agent SDK, which was like Claude Code wrapped, in order to like. And I would, like suggest people do that because there was so much complexity into building a harness. And now as that's got more abstracted, we have like, Claude managed agents, which lets you have that complexity, but still like, right, like a very bare bones like harness that's scoped to your task. Yeah, I think there's like this barbell effect where like for like very complex, for like coding task and like these like complex things, you should use our harness. And then for like a lot of like simpler or like, more domain-specific things, you can build your own harness because Claude has gotten better at building harnesses, and we have these harness primitives like managed agents. So yeah.Swyx [00:48:18]: Yeah. Is there a general progression? Let's say chapter one was ultra code dynamic workflows, then chapter two was cloud mods. Where is this going?Swyx [00:48:29]: Where you're, you're, you can customize the thing on demand.Thariq Shihipar [00:48:36]: Yeah. I do think that like this evolution of projects and like artifacts and splitting out like brain and hands and, surfaces is like where things are going more. And like, I think it's like not all quite there. partially it's like a, it's just like more token expensive? And like, I think likeProjects, Local Hands, and Cloud-to-Local HandoffsSwyx [00:48:59]: Why would projects be more token expensive? I understand mods would be slightly more token expensive. No, not something I'm worried about.Thariq Shihipar [00:49:06]: Yeah.Swyx [00:49:06]: But whatThariq Shihipar [00:49:07]: You're asking Claude to do. It's like creating loops. Like you're asking Claude to do more work for you. And so like it's managing the sub-agents and reviewing it, versus where you would be doing that work normally. And so that's like gonna be a little bit more intensive, like. Outputting to an artifact is gonna be a little bit more token-intensive than, like, outputting normally. I don't think it's too much more, but like, it's like combining all of these together well, like I think we're, we're still working on like local hands and things like that, I think is like, yeah, where things are headed, yeah.Swyx [00:49:37]: Yeah. Claude and local is, handoff is very interesting. I was thinking about this as reverse cloud remote.Thariq Shihipar [00:49:44]: Yeah.Swyx [00:49:45]: Because it's like remote, it's you're handing off to cloud, but here the cloud is handing off to local, right?Thariq Shihipar [00:49:49]: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, remote control is also another way of doing it. And I do want to say this is like how I think about it and like what the things that I'm most excited about this, but like there are, just like lots of different ways to work with Claude. Like some people use remote control a lot, some people use Claude Code on the web a lot. Obviously, like at Anthropic, we use Claude Tag a lot, and like what's great about Claude Tag is we set up all this stuff for our own execution. And I do think if you're an enterprise, that's still the best way to go. but if you're like an individual, Projects is this way of like, getting some of that like niceness of Tag, which has like that like supervising agent and yeah, adding artifacts and stuff, but like without having that whole like admin setup. And so there will be many ways to use Claude, I think. I think it's probably not just one like single.Claude Tag as an Organizational HarnessSwyx [00:50:36]: You had the multiplayer thing here. Let's, let's just check in on Claude Tag. it's been about two-plus months. Lots of, public, adoption and trying it out.Thariq Shihipar [00:50:45]: Yeah.Swyx [00:50:45]: What's new? What's, what have you found since the launch?Thariq Shihipar [00:50:49]: Like, Claude Tag is how we useSwyx [00:50:51]: It's like 80% of your

Today, again, we will spend time in worship. Simply focusing on God and His character. So, invite His Holy Spirit to pour over You with His presence. Listen intently as we experience His Word together.From Psalm 33 The MessageGood people, cheer God! Right-living people sound best when praising.Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs! Play his praise on a grand piano!Invent your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare.For God's Word is solid to the core; everything he makes is sound inside and out.He loves it when everything fits, when his world is in plumb-line true.Earth is drenched in God's affectionate satisfaction.… bow before God; … down on your knees!Here's why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so.God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world's power-schemes.God's plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last.Blessed is the country with God for God; blessed are the people he's put in his will.He has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do.No king succeeds with a big army alone, no warrior wins by brute strength.Horsepower is not the answer; no one gets by on muscle alone.Watch this: God's eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love.He's ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together.We're depending on God; he's everything we need.What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own his holy name.Love us, God, with all you've got—that's what we're depending on.Can you add your personal thoughts of worship to these words from david?What about God are you in awe of?How has God rescued you?Will you praise and worship him for the personal way He has shown up recently?Let's personalize the last lines of Psalm 33:I'm depending on You, God; You are everything I need.What's more, my heart brims with joy since I've taken for my own Your holy name.Love me, God, with all you've got—that's what I'm depending on.Pray with me: “Heavenly Father, Thank You that I don't have to worship, but I get to worship. You are a Gentleman who never forces His way, yet loves in such a powerful way that invites a response of gratitude. Thank You for loving me with all You've got. As above, so below.” - Amen

À l'échelle mondiale, on estime qu'au moins la moitié de la population est bilingue et parle quotidiennement deux langues ou deux dialectes différents, selon l'Unesco. La question de transmettre ou non sa langue natale à son enfant se pose donc de plus en plus.   Pour de nombreuses familles, cette transmission n'est pas une évidence. En France, selon une étude de l'institut One Poll, un Français issu de l'immigration sur quatre n'a pas appris la langue maternelle de ses parents ou de ses grands-parents. En partie, par crainte des discriminations. Ainsi l'arabe, deuxième langue la plus parlée en France, est sept fois moins transmise que l'anglais.   Dévalorisation de la langue maternelle, crainte que les enfants ne maitrisent pas bien la langue du pays dans lequel ils vivent ou manquent de méthodes, les obstacles sur la route du bilinguisme sont nombreux. Pourtant la langue est bien plus qu'un outil de communication. C'est à travers elle qu'on transmet ses valeurs, ses croyances, son identité.   L'acquisition du langage est également essentielle au développement de l'enfant pour comprendre et se faire comprendre.   Alors, comment transmettre sa langue natale sans pression pour les parents et les enfants ? Faut-il commencer dès la naissance ? À quel moment peut-on dire que son enfant est réellement bilingue ? Le bilinguisme peut-il être un atout pour le reste de ses apprentissages ?   Avec : • Mirana Andrianasy, responsable des projets de formation au sein de l'association Dulala (D'Une Langue À l'Autre) qui accompagne les professionnels et les parents pour que les enfants qui grandissent avec d'autres langues que le français à la maison puissent s'épanouir et développer tout leur potentiel • Amalini Simon, psychologue, directrice du centre Babel, centre de ressources transculturelles, de formation et de médiations à destination des professionnels des services publics.   En début d'émission, l'école autour du monde avec Sara Menaï, correspondante de RFI à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, où plusieurs universités ont déjà annoncé des grèves prolongées.   En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils d'Ibrahima Giroux, psychologue, coordinateur de la licence de psychologie à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal et d'une formation en ligne également à destination des professionnels. Il répond à la question de Bless à Moroni, aux Comores.    Programmation musicale : ► Nterini - Fatoumata Diawara ► SHEGE – CKay.

À l'échelle mondiale, on estime qu'au moins la moitié de la population est bilingue et parle quotidiennement deux langues ou deux dialectes différents, selon l'Unesco. La question de transmettre ou non sa langue natale à son enfant se pose donc de plus en plus.   Pour de nombreuses familles, cette transmission n'est pas une évidence. En France, selon une étude de l'institut One Poll, un Français issu de l'immigration sur quatre n'a pas appris la langue maternelle de ses parents ou de ses grands-parents. En partie, par crainte des discriminations. Ainsi l'arabe, deuxième langue la plus parlée en France, est sept fois moins transmise que l'anglais.   Dévalorisation de la langue maternelle, crainte que les enfants ne maitrisent pas bien la langue du pays dans lequel ils vivent ou manquent de méthodes, les obstacles sur la route du bilinguisme sont nombreux. Pourtant la langue est bien plus qu'un outil de communication. C'est à travers elle qu'on transmet ses valeurs, ses croyances, son identité.   L'acquisition du langage est également essentielle au développement de l'enfant pour comprendre et se faire comprendre.   Alors, comment transmettre sa langue natale sans pression pour les parents et les enfants ? Faut-il commencer dès la naissance ? À quel moment peut-on dire que son enfant est réellement bilingue ? Le bilinguisme peut-il être un atout pour le reste de ses apprentissages ?   Avec : • Mirana Andrianasy, responsable des projets de formation au sein de l'association Dulala (D'Une Langue À l'Autre) qui accompagne les professionnels et les parents pour que les enfants qui grandissent avec d'autres langues que le français à la maison puissent s'épanouir et développer tout leur potentiel • Amalini Simon, psychologue, directrice du centre Babel, centre de ressources transculturelles, de formation et de médiations à destination des professionnels des services publics.   En début d'émission, l'école autour du monde avec Sara Menaï, correspondante de RFI à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, où plusieurs universités ont déjà annoncé des grèves prolongées.   En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils d'Ibrahima Giroux, psychologue, coordinateur de la licence de psychologie à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal et d'une formation en ligne également à destination des professionnels. Il répond à la question de Bless à Moroni, aux Comores.    Programmation musicale : ► Nterini - Fatoumata Diawara ► SHEGE – CKay.

Revelation Episode 14: Babylon and 666 Today we see the final conflict between the Kingdom of God and the Babylonian system. The final conflict is deeper than a struggle between individual nations or political rulers. Revelation presents a profound conflict about who has the right to define humanity, receive its worship and determine its ultimate destiny. On one side stands the Kingdom of God, a covenantal reality established through humility and truth; on the other stands Babylon, humanity's attempt to construct an identity and establish security entirely independent of God. (Camera angle 5) Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication." Babylon is more than just an ancient city. In Revelation it becomes the final expression of a system involving religion, politics, economics, commerce, human power, spiritual deception and rebellion against God. The story of Babylon begins in Genesis and develops progressively through Scripture. Its pattern can be traced from the Tower of Babel to ancient Babylon with Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel, to the Beast of Revelation chapter 13, and finally to the worldwide Babylon of Revelation 17-18. At the heart of this system is the declaration in Genesis 11:4: 'Let us make us a name.' God creates humanity in His image and gives humanity identity in relationship with Himself. Babylon reverses that order. Humanity attempts to create itself in its own image, establish its own identity and authority, and construct its own system of worship. The fundamental contrast between God's Kingdom and Babylon can be mapped as follows: God's Kingdom — Babylon Hallowed be His name — Let us make us a name God's glory — Human glory Dependence upon God — Independence from God Servanthood — Power The Lamb — The Beast The Bride — The Harlot The Origin of Babylon and Let Us Make Us a Name The roots of Babylon reach back to the tower of Babel after the Flood in Genesis 11, with humanity gathering to build a city and a tower reaching toward heaven. Their stated purpose was: 'Let us make us a name.' Humanity's identity becomes its own image. The "Babylonian Principle" operates as a threefold structure of independence that seeks to occupy every sphere of human life: • Religion: The use of spiritual language and ritual to serve human pride, authority, and institutional glory. • Politics/Power: The establishment of universal systems of control and authority that demand absolute allegiance. • Economics: A structure of commerce and prosperity where wealth is the ultimate measure of success, detached from divine stewardship. Babylon Is Not Merely a False Church It is a comprehensive world system capable of incorporating religion, politics, economics, culture and commerce into a structure of human self-exaltation. Revelation does not identify Babylon as 'the apostate Christian church' or as any Christian denomination or organisation. It is reconnecting people's souls to a primal darkness. John describes Babylon as the great harlot, a centre of spiritual corruption, a persecutor of God's people, a power intertwined with kings and merchants, and a system ultimately destroyed by the Beast and the final ten kings. Therefore we should distinguish between the actual prophetic Babylon of Revelation and essential Babylonian characteristics. A Christian organisation can display Babylonian tendencies if it becomes dominated by wealth, prestige, political power, institutional ambition, manipulation, celebrity status, control, religious performance, empire-building and spiritual exploitation. But even that still does not provide sufficient biblical grounds to declare any one Christian organisation to be the prophetic Harlot. The better question is: What does Babylon represent, and are any of us participating in its values? This is particularly important because Revelation 18:4 declares, "Come out of her, my people." The presence of 'my people' within Babylon indicates that God's people can become entangled with Babylonian values and must respond to God's call to separate themselves from her ungodly culture and behaviour before that culture claims them. Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon's First Great End Time Pattern In Daniel chapter 3, the historical Babylonian kingdom provides a remarkable prophetic pattern. Nebuchadnezzar erects a great golden image and commands the peoples, nations and languages of his empire to worship it. Political authority, religious authority and enforced worship become united. The pattern is striking: a powerful ruler, a humanly constructed image, universal political authority, religious worship, governmental enforcement, economic and social consequences, and death in a fiery furnace being threatened for those who refuse. The Babylon of Daniel 3, and the demand of Nebuchadnezzar to worship his image gives us a model of Revelation chapter 13 for the image of the Beast. The three Jewish men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego demonstrate that God's people can exist within Babylon without belonging to Babylon. They were physically within Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom, but Babylon could not possess their worship. They were thrown into the furnace, and while the attendants were consumed by fire, the king's aide said, 'Look! I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth man is like the Son of God.' This becomes an important principle for God's people in the final conflict: Babylon may surround God's people, threaten God's people and try to destroy their bodies, but it cannot possess those who belong to God. The conflict is therefore not merely political. Behind the visible structures of the final world system stands a spiritual power seeking to destroy God's purposes and God's people. The Woman, the Church, is found in the midst of this conflict, yet she is preserved by God. Revelation chapter 12 does not portray the Church simply disappearing from the earth. The Woman is given the two wings of the great eagle and carried into a 'wilderness' - a prepared, vacant and 'marked out' place (topos), out of the way of danger but still in the midst - where she is nourished for three and a half years. That is an important parallel with Daniel chapter 3: in the fire but unharmed. The central question becomes: Can Babylon penetrate and possess the people of God? The answer is ultimately no. God preserves His people even as the Babylonian system develops around them. Revelation 13 and the Beast the Image and the Mark Revelation 13 now brings the political manifestation of this system into view. The First Beast rises from the sea and receives authority over the nations. The Dragon gives him his power, throne and great authority. The second Beast, as the false prophet, exercises religious influence and directs humanity toward worship of the first Beast. Here in Revelation, what we saw in Daniel 3 is brought to a final expression: Beast -> image -> religious worship -> universal authority -> economic control -> persecution -> death for refusal. The Beast is therefore not merely a political ruler. His system demands allegiance, worship and economic control (the two horns of the false prophet). The mark of the Beast, 666, is associated with the right hand or forehead - what you do and what you think. We now have two competing identities: the Beast's name, mark and number versus the name of God and the Lamb. Babylon 66 and 666 and the Completion of Human Autonomy This is where the connection between Daniel 3 and Revelation 13 becomes especially significant. Nebuchadnezzar's golden image was sixty cubits high and six cubits wide: 6 and 6, or 66. Revelation 13 brings the pattern to its ultimate expression in 666. Revelation 13:18 666 is "the number of a man." Six can be understood symbolically as falling short of seven, the number associated with divine fullness and completion. Within this theological framework, the three sixes can be viewed as representing humanity's attempt to occupy the whole field of existence apart from God. Humanity is tripartite, spirit, soul and body, so the Beast's system seeks total control: • The Babylonian spirit says: "I will establish my own identity." • The Beast says: "I will establish my own authority." • The image says: "I will establish my own object of worship." 666 represents the culmination of that human-centred system in spirit, soul and body. The Lamb as God's Answer to the Beast Revelation presents the Lamb and His people as the true answer to the Beast's counterfeit kingdom, but this has wider scope than the polarities of the two marks on the forehead that we saw in the study of the 144,000. The issue is therefore not simply who controls the world politically. It is whose image and whose name humanity will carry. Revelation 17 and the Harlot and the Beast Revelation 17:15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are the people, multitudes, nations, and different languages." Only after the Beast's system has been established does Revelation 17 unveil Babylon in its fullest prophetic form - a woman sitting upon a scarlet Beast having seven heads and ten horns. The Beast represents the political and imperial power. The harlot woman represents Babylon's religious, spiritual, economic and seductive dimension, and initially they cooperate. The woman, Babylon, rides on the Beast, showing that religious and spiritual influence becomes joined to political authority. Babylon gives the Beast legitimacy and influence, while the Beast provides the power by which Babylon operates. Yet this relationship is temporary and the very political powers supporting Babylon will ultimately turn against her. The Seven Heads the Seventh Kingdom and the Eighth Revelation 17:9-11 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition (lake of fire). This explains the mystery of the seven heads. The seven heads are associated with seven mountains and seven kings, which represent successive world kingdoms associated with the Babylonian-Beast system. These are Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome (the one 'that is' for John). Then there is the one to come who continues for a short time: the Beast who has the likeness of the lion, bear and leopard, is of the seven geopolitical rulers, suffers a mortal wound that is healed in a counterfeit resurrection, and is also the eighth who goes into the lake of fire. The Ten Horns and the Final Coalition Revelation 17:12 identifies the ten horns as ten kings who receive authority for a limited period with the Beast. They represent a final political coalition united around the Beast. These are the ten toes of another image in Daniel chapter 7, which we will consider in the next episode (15). Revelation 17:13 These have one mind and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. This apparent unity is temporary. The Great Reversal and Babylon Destroyed The alliance between Babylon and the Beast eventually collapses. Revelation 17:16 declares that the Beast and the ten horns will hate the Harlot, make her desolate and burn her with fire. The political system that once supported Babylon eventually destroys her, and God has sovereignly permitted this to accomplish His purposes. The Final Contrast Between Babylon and the Bride The destruction of Babylon prepares the way for the final revelation of the Bride. Revelation chapters 17-19 establishes a profound contrast between two women. The Harlot — The Bride Seductive, wealthy, politically powerful, materially magnificent, spiritually corrupt, intoxicated with influence, practising persecution and finally destroyed — Prepared for Christ, faithful, clothed in righteousness, united with the Lamb and ultimately revealed in glory Babylon can operate through religion, politics, economics and culture, but the final issue is not politics. It is religion and worship, identity and allegiance. It is the question of whether humanity will receive its identity from God or create its own. Religion Bonding and Allegiance I have been mentioning Religion quite a lot today, and I'd like to end with a few words about what religion means. Religion comes from the Latin word religio (root word religare). Ligare means ligament. A ligament binds bone to bone and bone to muscle. It allows bodily movement and it allows the inner bone and inner physical bodily framework to move into action and strength. Just as biological ligaments serve as the connective bonding that holds the body's framework together, true religion is a relational bonding that ensures a person is anchored in belief and truth. Therefore, re-ligio is the re-bonding that occurs when the binding has been lost, damaged or neglected. When people get a revelation of the goodness and grace of God through Jesus and the Holy Spirit, they get re-ligamented, re- connected to life and truth. But when Babylon seduces people into a false belief that declares it will assure their spiritual and social and financial survival and security they get reconnected to spiritual deception and darkness. Babylon exploits the fundamental human needs for belonging, security, and identity to create a structure of personal bondage and participation in something larger than themselves. • Babylon says: Bind yourself to this system so that you may belong and survive. • Jesus said: Take My yoke upon you, bonding you to Himself so that you may live. The religious aspect of Babylon in the end times is reconnecting people's souls to a primal darkness that is beginning to exercise its utmost destructive power. The Holy Spirit in these days is reconnecting people's souls to Himself as our new Helper and giving us an abundance of grace to become one with Jesus and with one another in the Spirit. Dimension — God's intention — Babylonian corruption Spirit — Relationship with God — Independence from God Soul — Mind, will and identity — Ideological conformity Body — Life belonging to God — Instrument of allegiance to the Beast The Seven Kingdoms and the Beast Head — Kingdom/system — Daniel/Revelation relationship 1 — Egypt — Early persecuting empire opposing God's covenant people 2 — Babylon — Daniel's first great imperial kingdom; archetype of Babylonian system 3 — Medo-Persia — Daniel's second kingdom 4 — Greece — Daniel's third kingdom 5 — Rome — Daniel's fourth kingdom; rules in John's era. Two legs of iron - East and West 6 — Final revived/composite Beast system — An emerging future manifestation 7 — Beast/Antichrist manifestation — Final geopolitical seven-ruler system 8 — The Beast himself — "Of the seven"; receives a mortal head wound and is healed in a counterfeit resurrection, then is destined for the lake of fire

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What does it mean when life begins to scatter? In Scripture, scattering can point to two very different realities. Sometimes it is connected to faith, sowing, promise, and multiplication. Other times it is connected to judgment, separation, correction, and consequence. In this episode, “The Scatter Scenario,” we explore both sides of the biblical picture. From the farmer who scatters seed believing for a harvest, to Babel where God scatters what pride tried to hold together, Scripture shows us that not every scattering means the same thing. We also look at Acts 8, where believers were scattered by persecution, yet carried the Gospel everywhere they went. What looked like disruption became distribution.   offering : Zelle: offering@safehousechurchgso Cash app: @safehousechurchgso  Paypal: paypal.me/ministryaid #TrustFactor #TrustGod #Faith #GrowingInFaith #ChristianPodcast #Sermon #Proverbs3 #FaithJourney #GodIsFaithful #WalkByFaith

This week's Watchman Report has been compiled by Brother Bryan Styles (Livonia) and takes a detailed look at the subject of Ai which has dominated the news this week saw Ai Leaders Warn the Technology could be a risk to humanity, and world leaders at the UN General Assembly have met to discuss its use and what controls, if any could be used to allay fears of AI ultimately destroying mankind. But what about the God-fearing person? How could this technology affect our daily worship and learning? Join bro Bryan as we delve into this fascinating developing story! A @Christadelphians Video: Cognitive Surrender - the battle for the mind" Watchman Report#68 with Bible scholar Bryan Styles[Provable Bible Truth] - Why watch it? What question does this video answer?Why watch? Because AI is not merely a tool; it is a spiritual test. This Watchman Report asks: “Will we surrender our minds to artificial intelligence, or will we let God renovate them?” From the transcript, we answer: cognitive surrender happens when AI's output quietly becomes our output. Yet 2 Timothy 3:7 warns of endless learning without arriving at truth. Romans 12:2 calls us to transformation by the renewal of our minds, proving God's will. We, as Christadelphians, urge you: use tools wisely, but never outsource discernment. Character is forged through friction, prayer, sorrow and patient study—not instant deliverables. Babel shows where autonomous humanity leads; AI magnifies the heart's intent. Christ's return draws near. Choose character over speed, active discipleship over cognitive surrender, and keep developing a mind like His.Chapters:00:00 - Introduction: AI headlines and Silicon Valley warnings00:23 - The challenge of AI: cognitive surrender defined00:59 - Paul's warning: 2 Timothy 3:701:27 - Information rich, understanding poor02:01 - Why drift happens: efficiency and deliverables02:31 - Romans 12:2: transformation, not conformity02:48 - Character forged through friction03:19 - Defining success: people are the product04:19 - Babel: humanity's spiritual autonomy05:03 - Genesis 11:6: capability without maturity05:45 - AI as an accelerant of the heart06:14 - History repeats; God intervenes06:25 - Called to a higher path06:57 - Christ's return draws near07:22 - Choice: character over speed07:51 - Keep reading, praying, developing08:01 - Final reflections08:25 - Watchman Report closing08:40 - Call to action and community engagement08:54 - Conclusion: develop until the Lord returnsBible Verse Category:

Make a Logo on Fiverr Making money online is nothing new, but AI has created a different kind of work-from-home opportunity: helping companies train the systems themselves. Companies like Babel Audio offer projects built around video, audio and transcription that can let participants get paid from AI without having to become programmers or machine-learning engineers. I’ve been using Babel Audio myself, primarily for video-based projects, and the experience has been legitimate enough that I’ve received actual payments from the platform. That doesn’t mean it’s effortless money, though, because the amount you earn can depend heavily on project availability, how quickly you move from one task to another and whether your recording setup meets the client’s requirements. See what Babel Audio offers for jobs: https://geni.us/getbabelaudio (affiliate link) How Babel Audio Works and How You Get Paid Getting Started With Babel.audio Compared with some other AI job platforms I’ve tried, Babel had a relatively simple qualification process when I joined. Instead of going through a long series of forms and tests, I completed a basic evaluation, showed that I could meet the requirements and then gained access to available projects. “The cool thing about Babbel is there’s not all those forms that you have to fill out. You basically do a little test and then they approve you from that test.” – Jeffrey Powers The exact onboarding process can always change, but my experience was much more direct than some other AI task services. Once approved, you can see the available work, choose a project and start preparing for the assignment. Video, Audio and Transcription Projects Babel Audio works across video, audio and transcription, although most of my experience has been on the video side because I’m already comfortable working in front of a camera. Depending on the project, you may read a script, take part in a one-on-one conversation, role-play a support scenario or respond naturally to a set of prompts. Some sessions are short and tightly structured, while others allow more natural back-and-forth conversation. After the recording ends, you usually answer a few quick questions about how the session went, return to the queue and wait for the next assignment. What $50 Per Recorded Hour Really Means One of the projects I worked on paid around $50 per recorded hour, but that’s not the same thing as earning $50 for every real-world hour you’re logged in. Waiting for a partner, choosing a topic, reviewing the instructions and getting ready for the recording may not be included in that paid time. Based on my own experience, a more realistic effective rate can land around $20 to $25 per hour when calls are moving steadily. If you’re waiting several minutes between recordings or spending a lot of time preparing each session, that effective hourly rate can drop fairly quickly. The Requirements That Can Make or Break the Job You Need a Controlled Recording Environment The biggest challenge with Babel.audio is that your recording environment needs to be far more controlled than many people expect from a normal work from home job. Background noise from computer fans, dogs, children, traffic or people in another room can become a problem, and even a passing siren or fire truck may affect a video session. Lighting also has to remain consistent, which makes natural window light less useful than it might seem. If a cloud suddenly changes the brightness in the room, that shift can be enough to create issues, so controlled artificial lighting and a stable camera position are usually safer. Glasses, Framing and Quality Grading One of the more difficult requirements I encountered was a no-glasses rule on some video projects because the system needed a clear view of the participant’s eyes. That can become a serious problem for anyone who depends on prescription glasses, especially when some assignments also require you to read scripts or instructions during the recording. Your work can also be graded based on things such as sound, lighting, framing and other project-specific requirements. If problems keep showing up, your daily video allowance may be reduced, and if the limit reaches zero on a particular project, you can be removed from that project entirely. But You Don’t Need a Hollywood Studio Professional gear can help, but it can also work against you if the camera is creating a cinematic look that the project doesn’t want. Features such as strong background blur or bokeh may need to be disabled because the goal is usually a neutral, consistent image that clearly shows your head and shoulders. I use a Shure MV7 microphone, but a good USB microphone can work just fine, and something like a Logitech Brio can be enough for video. The more important factors are clean audio, steady framing, consistent lighting and a room quiet enough that outside noise doesn’t interfere with the recording. Is Babel Audio a Legit Way to Make Money? Payments and Project Availability In my experience, Babel Audio has paid me for the work I’ve completed, and payments have generally been straightforward. I typically receive a notification around Tuesday, then the money arrives through the selected payment method such as direct deposit or PayPal, although one payment did take nearly a week to arrive. The bigger uncertainty is not whether I was paid, but whether the same amount of work will always be available. Projects can end, daily limits can change and one week may offer several options while another may be much slower, so I would not treat Babel income as guaranteed in the same way as a traditional salary. Can Babel Pay the Rent? On one project, I had the option to complete as many as 60 videos in a day, which could turn into a 13- or 14-hour workday if I tried to max it out. When I ran the numbers, doing that level of work consistently for about a week could potentially cover my rent and bills, but that’s based on having enough assignments available and being willing to put in very long days. For me, the more realistic approach is to use Babel audio as flexible income that can supplement other work. A few hours in the morning or during open parts of the day can generate extra money without forcing me to depend on the platform for every dollar I need. Who Babel Audio Makes the Most Sense For Babel Audio makes the most sense for someone who wants an additional AI job they can do from home, is comfortable with video, audio or transcription, and has a quiet enough environment to meet the technical requirements. It also helps if you’re patient with repetitive assignments and understand that client rules can change from one project to another. Based on my own experience, Babelis a legitimate way to get paid from AI, but I wouldn’t call it easy money or guaranteed full-time employment. If you already have a decent camera, microphone, controlled lighting and a quiet room, it can be a useful side-income option — just go into it understanding that the advertised recorded-hour rate and your actual hourly earnings may not be the same thing. See what Babel.audio offers at https://geni.us/getbabelaudio Check out the Geekazine Merch, including "I AM AI " T-Shirt.  Thanks for reading! Don't forget to subscribe to Geekazine: RSS Feed - YouTubeTwitter - Facebook Support Monthly as a Patreon! with a free month!  Tip Me via Paypal.me  Send a Tip via Venmo RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial Reviews: Geekazine gets products in to review. Opinions are of Geekazine.com. Sponsored content will be labeled as such. Read all policies on the Geekazine review page.  Reviews: Geekazine is also an affiliate of Amazon.com - Check out my Amazon Page Last Updated on September 26, 2026 11:13 am by Jeffrey PowersThe post Babel Audio Review: Is It a Legit Way to Make Money? appeared first on Geekazine.

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Renowned comparative political scientist and former CASBS fellow (1999-2000) David Laitin has influenced generations of scholars through his investigations of the intricate interplay of cultural phenomena – such as language, religion, and ethnicity – with politics and political life across societies. The complex dynamics he reveals get to the roots of conflict, cooperation, identity formation as well as nation- and state-building. Laitin takes us on a sweeping tour of some of his career's principal works, findings, and collaborations in conversation with 2025-26 CASBS fellow Olukunle Owolabi.DAVID LAITIN: Stanford faculty page | Google Scholar page | National Academy of Sciences bio | Wikipedia page | Johan Skytte Foundation article |OLUKUNLE OWOLABI: Villanova faculty page | CASBS bio | Villanova article on six awards won by Kunle's 2023 book |David Laitin books:D. Laitin. Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1977).D. Laitin. Hegemony and Culture: The Politics of Religious Change among the Yoruba (Univ. Chicago Press, 1986).D. Laitin and S. Samatar, Somalia: Nation in Search of a State (Westview Press, 1987).D. Laitin. Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992).D. Laitin. Identity in Formation: The Russian-speaking Populations in the Near Abroad (Cornell Univ. Press, 1998).D. Laitin. Nations, States and Violence (Oxford Univ. Press, 2007).D. Laitin, C. Adida and M. Valfort. Why Mulsim Integration Fails in Christian-heritage Societies (Harvard Univ. Press, 2016).D. Laitin and D. Christensen. African Politics since Independence: Order, Development and Democracy (Yale Univ. Press, 2019).David Laitin articles referenced in this episode:D. Laitin and R. Ramachandran, "The Historical Sources of Language Policy," Journal of Politics (2014).D. Laitin and R. Ramachandran, "Language Policy and Socioeconomic Outcomes," Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language (2026).D. Laitin and R. Ramachandran, "Linguistic Diversity, Official Language Choice and Human Capital," Journal of Development Economics (2022).D. Laitin, R. Ramachandran and S. Walter," The Legacy of Colonial Language Policies and their Impact on Student Learning: Evidence from an Experimental Program in Cameroon," Economic Development and Cultural Change (2019).D. Laitin and R. Ramachandran, "Language Policy and Human Development," American Political Science Review (2016).D. Laitin, J. Hainmueller, et al., "Breaking Down Barriers to Naturalization for Low-income Immigrants: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Design," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).D. Laitin, T. Gurr, et al., "Socially Relevant Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Structure and AMAR," Journal of Peace Research (2015).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Civil War Non-onsets: The Case of Japan," Journal of Civilization Studies (2014)D. Laitin, C. Adida and M. Valfort, "Identifying Barriers to Muslim Integration in France," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Sons-of-the-soil, Migrants, and Civil War," World Development (2011).D. Laitin and A. Krueger, "Kto-Kogo? A Cross-country Study of the Origins and Targets of Terrorism," in Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008).D. Laitin and E. Berman, "Religion, Terrorism and Public Goods: Testing the Club Model," Journal of Public Economics (2008).D. Laitin and A. Krueger, "'Misunderestimating' Terrorism: The State Department's Big Mistake, Foreign Affairs (2004).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States," International Security (2004).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War," American Political Science Review (2003).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identities," International Organization (2000).D. Laitin and J. Fearon, "Explaining Interethnic Cooperation," American Political Science Review (1996).D. Laitin, "The Tower of Babel as a Coordination Game: Political Linguistics in Ghana," American Political Science Review (1994).D. Laitin, S. Kalyvas and C Sole, "Language and the Construction of States: The Case of Catalonia in Spain," Politics and Society (1994).D. Laitin, "Linguistic Conflict in Catalonia," Language Problems and Language Planning (1987).David Laitin's full curriculum vitae accessible from his Stanford University faculty page.PostscriptIn the episode, David Laitin acknowledges the influence of two towering social scientists -- Clifford Geertz and Albert Hirschman -- both of whom were CASBS fellows (Geertz in 1958-59, Hirschman in 1968-69). Hirschman, notably, wrote the seminal book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States while at CASBS. In this podcast episode, David Laitin describes developing the argument for his book Identity in Formation by following the conceptual framework of the classic Hirschman book. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube |LinkedIn | podcast | latest newsletter | signup | outreach​Human CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel

Matt and Michael start with breathing exercises and end up in the deep end of theology. What begins as a conversation about Wim Hof and the symbolic power of breath becomes an exploration of the Logos. The divine Word that John says was in the beginning. Through which all things were made. Matt shares the story of his divorce and the strange experience of watching two people's realities separate until communication becomes impossible. This leads to a fundamental question. If we can't agree on a shared reality, what happens? The answer, they argue, is violence. Unless there's a higher order, a Logos, to which both parties submit. The conversation spirals through the nature of truth and lies. Why lying creates an anti-reality you must maintain. Why even atheists can't escape submitting to something. Michael makes the case that submission is the only true act of free will. Matt connects this to C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves and why friendship requires a third object that both people face together. They land on the Christian claim that Jesus is the Logos made flesh. The ultimate reality who reveals himself, because we cannot build our way up to God. The Tower of Babel always fails. The Word must come down. Cheers y'all

We have one last gear to grind before we enter our hibernation phase, and that gear is Metal Gear Ghost Babel! We had a great time getting to play one final 2D Metal Gear game, and were surprised by how solid (haha) it is! Stick around to the end as we chat about the rest of the Master Collection Vol. 2, and try to put a cap on the last few years of GMMG.We'll see everyone again in November for the first of the DS2 novels!Episode 93: Big Bob

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Come Out of Babylon: Awakening Lukewarm Christians Before Judgment | KIB 550 Kingdom Intelligence Briefing DESCRIPTION Welcome to Kingdom Intelligence Briefing Episode #550 with Dr. Michael Lake and Mary Lou Lake. Why are so many Christians comfortable inside a system Scripture tells God's people to leave? In this episode, Dr. Michael Lake examines one of the most urgent calls in the Book of Revelation: "Come out of her, my people." — Revelation 18:4 The warning is significant because God addresses those inside Babylon as "my people." The problem is not simply that Babylon exists. The danger is that God's people can become entangled in its values, practices, loyalties, materialism, entertainment, counterfeit identity, and spiritual compromise. Dr. Lake and Mary Lou explore the picture of a spider's web as an illustration of the enemy's systematic methods. Ephesians 6:11 warns believers about the devil's "schemes" or "wiles." The Greek term methodeia conveys calculated, systematic deception—the kind of strategy designed to entangle people gradually rather than capture them all at once. The message then confronts lukewarm Christianity. Revelation 3 reveals that Laodicea believed it was prosperous and needed nothing, while Christ exposed its true spiritual condition. Material comfort can disguise spiritual poverty, leaving believers satisfied with Babylon while believing they are walking fully in the Kingdom. But this episode is about far more than identifying Babylon. God does not merely call His people OUT. He calls them INTO something greater. Out of darkness—into the Kingdom. Out of compromise—into covenant faithfulness. Out of mixture—into holiness. Out of counterfeit identity—into identity in Christ. Out of slavery—into the freedom of obedience. Out of Babylon—into preparation as the Bride of Christ. The contrast between Daniel and Lot provides a powerful biblical picture. Daniel lived in Babylon without allowing Babylon to live in him. Lot moved progressively from proximity to Sodom, to accommodation, and finally integration. Daniel followed the opposite path: conviction, separation, faithfulness, and ultimately godly influence. This leads to one of the central messages of KIB #550: Babylon falls. The Bride prepares. The King returns. The ultimate message of Revelation is not the greatness of Babylon—it is the supremacy and worthiness of Jesus Christ. In this episode: • Why lukewarm Christianity is fundamentally a problem of divided allegiance • Revelation 18:4 and God's command to come out of Babylon • The spider's web as a picture of systematic spiritual deception • Ephesians 6:11 and the methodeia of the devil • Why Babylon produces counterfeit identity, worship, security, and freedom • The biblical pattern beginning with Nimrod and Babel • Daniel versus Lot: two completely different responses to Babylon • Why separation does not mean abandoning society • The difference between isolation and consecration • Why covenant with God demands exclusive allegiance • The danger of material prosperity masking spiritual poverty • Why repentance must become concrete and practical • The importance of prayer and spiritual warfare for lukewarm believers • Why "come out" must always be followed by "come into" • Preparing the Bride for the returning King • Why Jesus—not Babylon—must remain the center of the end-times message The opening portion also contains Mary Lou's discussion of spiritual warfare, deception, prayer, and the difficulty believers can experience when attempting to help friends or family recognize spiritual compromise. This becomes the foundation for the episode's central question: How do we reach Christians who do not realize they are lukewarm? The introductory declaration captures the larger purpose of this teaching: believers were not called to possess merely "a little light," but to become ablaze for God and give the Kingdom a higher priority in their lives. Subscribe to Biblical Life TV, share this teaching with someone seeking deeper biblical truth, and join us in praying for God to awaken His people. The Remnant must not simply recognize Babylon. We must prepare for the King. TIMELINE 00:00 – Opening: Empowering the Remnant for the Last Days 01:29 – Welcome to KIB Episode #550 01:54 – Mary Lou: Spiritual warfare, prayer, and the fall season 03:47 – The spider web as an illustration of spiritual control 08:00 – Why some people struggle to recognize spiritual deception 11:54 – How do we reach lukewarm Christians? 13:01 – Lukewarmness, divided loyalty, and covenant compromise 14:45 – Revelation 18:4: "Come out of her, My people" 17:00 – Babylon's deception and false security 19:00 – Tradition, compromise, and Babylonian influence 24:19 – Breaking the influence of Babylon over God's people 26:10 – Ephesians 6:11 and the spider web of the devil 27:29 – Methodeia: Satan's systematic methods 29:12 – Counterfeit worship and the golden-calf principle 31:15 – Binding deception and opening spiritual eyes 32:00 – Why lukewarm Christians are valuable to the enemy 34:11 – Intercession for believers caught in Babylon 35:50 – Coming out of Babylon and into the Kingdom 36:30 – Nimrod, Babel, Daniel, and the development of Babylon 38:44 – Is Revelation 18 only about the Tribulation? 39:13 – Abraham: the biblical pattern of crossing out of Babylon 41:00 – Revelation 3 and the danger of lukewarm Christianity 43:23 – Asking God to reveal our true spiritual condition 44:07 – God disciplines those He loves 45:24 – Divided allegiance: God or the world? 47:00 – Who defines your identity, values, and worldview? 48:35 – Personal discipleship versus entertainment Christianity 51:03 – Daniel versus Lot: two responses to Babylon 52:02 – Lot: proximity → accommodation → integration 53:00 – Daniel: conviction → separation → faithfulness → influence 54:36 – Consecration does not mean isolation 55:53 – God's Kingdom versus Babylon's counterfeits 57:31 – Bricks versus living stones: discovering Kingdom identity 59:40 – Revelation 18: participation, accountability, and judgment 1:01:27 – We must preach "come into," not merely "come out" 1:02:00 – Practical areas where believers must examine allegiance 1:04:00 – Jesus—not Babylon—must remain the center 1:06:20 – Babylon falls, the Bride prepares, the King returns 1:07:00 – Revelation 18 to Revelation 19: preparing the Bride 1:08:38 – Covenant faithfulness instead of fear-driven separation 1:09:25 – Praying for the harvest out of Babylon 1:10:00 – "I will have a people, and they will be holy" 1:11:36 – Christ and His Kingdom destroy Babylon's system 1:12:52 – Closing prayer for those caught in Babylon 1:13:36 – Feast of Tabernacles encouragement and closing

We challenge the way believers label themselves and reclaim the New Testament identity of saints as something received, not achieved. We unpack what it really means to build the church without chasing a personal platform, and we invite you to bring your gift into the house Jesus is building. • Saints as a New Testament identity regardless of past behaviour • Revival versus roots and why both formation and the Spirit matter • Building projects as a metaphor for spiritual maturity and mission • The Tower of Babel as building for our own name • The church as God's plan to reclaim the nations • Serving without entitlement and trusting the Lord to build • Spiritual gifts as open-ended and meant to edify the body • Hospitality and encouragement as powerful gifts in real life • Unique gifts that are not irreplaceable and why love matters most • Building for Jesus' name and leaving a legacy we may never see 

Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Rabu, 23 September 2026Bacaan: "Tetapi kasih karunia, yang dianugerahkan-Nya kepada kita, lebih besar dari pada itu. Karena itu Ia katakan: "Allah menentang orang yang congkak, tetapi mengasihani orang yang rendah hati." (Yakobus 4:6)Renungan: Ada pepatah yang berbunyi, "Di atas langit masih ada langit." Pepatah ini singkat namun sungguh mendalam maknanya. Pepatah ini mengajarkan kepada kita untuk selalu mawas diri dengan tidak menyombongkan diri atas apa yang kita miliki dan kita capai dalam hidup ini. Ketika kita merasa bahwa kita adalah orang yang paling kaya, maka sesungguhnya masih ada orang yang lebih kaya dari kita. Ketika kita merasa bahwa kita adalah orang yang paling pintar, maka sesungguhnya masih ada orang yang lebih pintar dari kita. Ketika kita merasa bahwa kita adalah orang yang paling tampan atau cantik, maka sesungguhnya masih ada orang yang lebih tampan atau cantik dari kita. Banyak orang berpendapat bahwa dosa yang paling dibenci oleh Tuhan adalah dosa kesombongan. Apakah itu benar atau tidak, faktanya Tuhan bertindak sangat tegas pada kesombongan manusia. Perhatikanlah fakta-fakta Alkitab berikut ini: Tuhan membuang Lucifer/Iblis dari Sorga, ketika dengan sombong ia ingin menyamai Tuhan; Tuhan menghentikan pembangunan menara Babel, ketika dengan sombong manusia di bumi hendak mendirikannya hingga ke langit; Tuhan merendahkan Raja Nebukadnezar dengan makan rerumputan seperti hewan, ketika dengan sombong ia membanggakan Kerajaan Babel; Tuhan menampar Raja Herodes hingga tewas ketika dengan sombong ia menerima pujian rakyatnya yang menganggapnya sebagai Tuhan. Dari fakta-fakta di atas maka tidaklah berlebihan jika dikatakan bahwa kesombongan adalah dosa yang paling dibenci Tuhan. Mengapa Tuhan begitu membenci kesombongan manusia? Sebab kesombongan itu langsung berurusan dengan pribadi Tuhan sendiri, yang tidak ingin diduakan oleh apa pun dan oleh siapa pun. Ia tidak ingin ditandingi oleh yang lain. Ia ingin menjadi yang "Satu-satunya", yang mengatasi segala ciptaan-Nya. Itulah sebabnya hukum pertama dari "10 Hukum" yang diberikan-Nya kepada umat-Nya, Israel, adalah agar mereka tidak menduakanNya (Kel 20:3). Oleh karena itu, apa pun yang kita miliki dan yang telah kita capai dalam hidup ini, hendaklah itu tidak membuat kita menjadi sombong. Sebab jika kita mulai meninggikan diri, maka Tuhan sendiri yang akan merendahkan kita (Mat 23:12). Ingatlah bahwa bukan hanya kita yang diberi kesempatan oleh Tuhan untuk berhasil. Bahkan ada orang yang lebih berhasil daripada kita. Untuk itu, jadilah orang yang rendah hati karena Tuhan mengasihi orang-orang yang rendah hati. Tuhan Yesus memberkati. Doa:Tuhan Yesus, ajarilah aku untuk menjadi orang yang selalu rendah hati sehingga aku tidak menjadi batu sandungan bagi orang lain di sekifarku. Amin. (Dod).

Pastor Taylor continues week 2 of our new series "BABEL" with a message on the confusion of today's culture, and how we have to center our lives on the TRUTH of God's Word & design.follow us on instagram @reallifechurchwa 26201 180th Ave. SE Covington, WA 98042 Sundays @ 8:30 | 10 | 11:30

Elon Musk is no longer merely talking about rockets, electric cars or putting a colony on Mars; he is presenting a breathtaking vision of an entirely new civilization built upon artificial intelligence, brain implants, humanoid robots and the merging of man with machine. Virellian Gardens, New Olympus, Bringer Fleet and Aventus may presently be fictional names appearing in a futuristic concept film, but the technological foundation beneath them is very real. SpaceX and Tesla supply the transportation, Starlink creates the communications network, xAI produces the digital intelligence, Optimus gives that intelligence a body, and Neuralink opens the human brain to direct connection with the Machine. This is not simply space exploration—it is the architecture of a transhuman civilization. The day has arrived, are you ready for what comes next?“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:4 (KJB)Musk says Neuralink will begin by restoring movement, communication and sight to the disabled, and those are undeniably remarkable medical goals. But he also openly describes a future of “AI-human symbiosis,” superhuman abilities and communication occurring hundreds or thousands of times faster than ordinary speech. The ultimate objective is not merely to heal natural man but to upgrade him—to transform humanity into something capable of surviving alongside digital superintelligence. In this brave new world, the human body becomes outdated hardware, the brain becomes a terminal, artificial intelligence becomes the higher mind, and death itself becomes an engineering problem that Silicon Valley believes it can eventually solve.This is Babel blasted into outer space – fallen man once again building his way into the heavens, making himself a name and attempting to create paradise without the God who created him. Musk's dazzling cities, artificial gardens and interplanetary fleets promise a technological Eden, but at its center stands the ancient satanic temptation that “ye shall be as gods.” The names may seem science fiction today, but the spirit driving the vision is already here. A world where humanity does not seek redemption through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, but salvation through silicon, immortality through machinery and eternal life inside the Machine.THE END TIMES COUNTDOWN:Today is day 1,669 of the Russia-Ukraine WarToday is day 2,379 of 15 Days To Flatten The CurveToday is day 205 of World War Trump in IranOn this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, the dystopian future we've been warned about is right now being planned by the richest man on the face of the Earth, who has other-world aspirations about a global society that has no need for God. Babel has been digitzed, Satan is finally going to get his 7-year kingdom, and Elon Musk is going to help him to do it. Also, we will bring you the horrific breaking news updates of events unfolding in the Middle East.

“In the beginning…”We know the stories: creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, the Tower of Babel.But what if some of the oldest and most familiar stories in the Bible have been trying to tell us something deeper than how everything happened?This Sunday, we're continuing LET'S TALK ABOUT IT by going all the way back to the beginning—Genesis 1–11.We'll talk about creation and science, ancient stories and modern questions, what we do with the difficult parts of these texts, and what these stories reveal about God, humanity, and the world we were made to inhabit.

The Bible begins with a world made exactly as God intended, but Genesis 1–11 quickly reveals how sin fractures that design and spreads through humanity. Yet even through the garden, the flood, and Babel, God does not abandon His creation or His purpose. This opening message in The Whole Story provides a foundation for understanding how the rest of the Bible fits together and why human failure never becomes the end of God's story.https://www.lifeatpathway.com

Could artificial intelligence be preparing the infrastructure for the Beast system described in Revelation?In this episode of Eyes on the Right, Amy explores AI, transhumanism, Bible prophecy, Daniel's final kingdom, Revelation 13, the Mark of the Beast, the image of the Beast, and the growing merging of humans and technology.From the biblical theme of created boundaries and the “blending of opposites” to the iron and clay of Daniel 2, the Days of Noah, Babel, digital identity, biometrics, surveillance, and AI systems.Could AI become part of the infrastructure, or even the “nervous system”, of a future Beast system? What happens as the lines between human and machine, biological and synthetic, real and artificial become increasingly blurred?This isn't about fear or claiming every new technology fulfills prophecy. It's about recognizing patterns, testing everything through Scripture, and building discernment now so we're prepared for what appears on the world stage later.COMING SOON: SPIRITUAL WARFARE WORKBOOKSMy new biblical Spiritual Warfare Workbooks are coming soon, with separate resources for individuals, parents, teens, and kids. These practical guides are designed to help you recognize spiritual warfare, understand biblical access points and open doors, and apply Scripture to everyday life.Join the email list for launch details, early access, upcoming retreat information, biblical guidance counseling, and more:Website: www.biblicalguidancecounseling.comEmail: amy@biblicalguidancecounseling.com-------------------------SPIRITUAL WARFARE WORKBOOKS: https://www.biblicalguidancecounseling.com/shopAmy is a Christian counselor - book an appointment:https://www.biblicalguidancecounseling.com/appointmentsAmy's online Bible studies:https://rumble.com/c/BibleStudywithEyesontheright?e9s=src_v1_cmdInstagram: @eyesontherightpodcast@eyesontherightDonate: Venmo:@AmyWR

Send us Fan MailGUEST: CAL BEISNER, author, Social Justice vs. Biblical JusticeSocialism has become mainstream in America. Political candidates representing the Democratic Socialists of America Party are winning elections across the country. Their website says this:“Imagine taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism. You don't really have bills anymore. You have no debt. You don't need health insurance. You don't pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren't for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities.If we lived in a classless society and governed ourselves, we could freely build a world without war or poverty. Building this world is the guiding star of our movement. When we labor for our common good instead of private profit, we can all have a secure and dignified life, and use our time and talents how we wish.”We, we, we. Just like the rebels of Babel in Genesis 11, building their city and tower in opposition to God.Our guest this weekend to discuss the rise of socialism is Cal Beisner, founder and president of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, an organization that “advocates for policies that lift people out of poverty through principles such as private property rights, entrepreneurship, free trade, limited government, and access to abundant, affordable, and reliable energy.”Cal is also the author of two helpful booklets related to this topic that you will be able to order from us: Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice and Is Capitalism Bad for the Environment?

What does it mean to disarm artificial intelligence? Steve Guerra welcomes back Glenn Amorosia to discuss Magnifica Humanitas and the place of AI in Catholic social teaching. Their conversation connects human dignity, the common good, solidarity, and subsidiarity with questions about corporate power and technological change. From Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum to Vatican II, they explore the tradition behind these ideas, the contrast between Babel and Nehemiah, and whether a new church council could help address the challenges ahead. Adult Congenital Heart Association: https://www.achaheart.org/ #HistoryOfThePapacy #MagnificaHumanitas #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics#CatholicSocialTeaching #PopeLeoXIV Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments section below!Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on the links below and on YouTube!Support the show and listen: Patreon: http://patreon.com/historyofthepapacyBuy me a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/historyofthepapacyBuy me a book: http://bit.ly/40ckJ8EYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thehistoryofthepapacyEmail Us: steve@atozhistorypage.comHow to listen: https://www.atozhistorypage.com/podcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DelfggbL0Au4e3aUyWDaS Music Provided by:"Sonatina in C Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)"Funeral March for Brass" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)"Crusade Heavy Perfect Loop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saba Anglana"Babel Festival"Lingue per mondi possibiliBellinzona, 16/20 settembre 2026www.babelfestival.comBabel Festival"In principio c'era il suono"Venerdì 18 settembre 2026Antico Convento, Bellinzonacon Saba AnglanaUna performance della cantante, scrittrice e attrice Saba Anglana, figlia di diverse culture, dall'Italia al Corno d'Africa, attorno alla capacità evocatrice del suono come radice più profonda della vocalità.Saba Anglana, dopo la laurea in Storia dell'Arte e l'esperienza in case editrici, si dedica alla musica e alla recitazione, lavorando in produzioni teatrali e televisive, sviluppando progetti discografici in ambito internazionale. Con distribuzione complessiva in 60 paesi, pubblica come cantautrice quattro album nelle lingue diverse che compongono il suo albero genealogico, con radici tra Italia e Africa orientale. Nel 2008 esce in tutto il mondo per l'etichetta inglese World Music Network il suo disco di debutto Jidka, The Line, i cui brani sono inseriti in raccolte con cantanti come Sally Niolo e Miriam Makeba. Negli anni successivi, tra tour e spettacoli dal vivo, Saba pubblica altri lavori musicali: in Biyo – Water is Love (2010) l'artista racconta l'acqua e le problematiche mondiali legate al suo sfruttamento. AMREF Italia la sceglie come sua testimonial per le sue campagne mediatiche ufficiali. Nel 2012, a seguito di un lungo viaggio come ambasciatrice dell'organizzazione umanitaria, pubblica un altro concept album dal titolo Life Changanyisha (trad. “La vita ci mescola”). Nel 2014 l'artista porta in scena come protagonista il monologo, di cui è anche autrice, Mogadishow, in cartellone per il Teatro Stabile di Torino. Del 2016 è lo spettacolo di teatro musicale Abebech – Fiore che sboccia – Storia di identità, preghiera e guarigione che Saba scrive e interpreta per il Festival Internazionale di Musica Sacra a Pordenone e porta in scena inaugurando nel 2017 il Festival Internazionale delle Colline Torinesi. Saba lavora anche come autrice e conduttrice radiofonica per programmi di Radio2, Radio3 e la Radio Svizzera. Il suo ultimo lavoro discografico si intitola Ye Katama Hod (trad. “La pancia della città”), presentato ad Addis Abeba dietro invito della Cooperazione Italiana in Etiopia. Con AnimaMundi ha pubblicato Lettera al mio fantasma. Piccola epopea dell'Assenza (2018).Nel 2024 Sellerio pubblica in Italia La signora meraviglia.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Hosts Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley Question Timestamps: Allan, email (2:58) - What do you think about the founding fathers of America and the free masons? Should Christians be allowed to join the free masons? Jane, YouTube (4:20) - Did it rain before Noah's flood? Why did God send people away from the Tower of Babel? Did the Apostle Paul bring the Gentiles into the Christian faith? Bob, HI (10:08) - What is wrong with medical marijuana? Paul, email (13:32) - What does "ceased from sin" mean in 1 Peter 4? Corinne, email (19:21) - Which children is Job referring to when he says his breath is repulsive to his children? Lucinda, YouTube (21:13) - Is it right to ask your physician or caretaker if they are Christians? Is it discrimination to seek out surgeons or doctors that are Christians? OwnYourMind, YouTube (23:27) - Do the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 4 verse 15 contradict the words of Jesus in Matthew 23 verse 9? Brian, email (26:14) - When I get to heaven will I recognize my friends, neighbors, and family when I get to heaven? Mark, NJ (33:36) - Is it wrong to prefer certain pastors? How does a Christian survive in this world? Karyssa, IL (39:07) - Should I go to my nephew's gender reveal party when he is living in sin? Christistheonlywaytoheaven, YouTube (43:44) - Is Bible college necessary to go into ministry? Pookie, YouTube (46:26) - What are your thoughts on the Israel elections? Frank, NJ (48:59) - Does Acts 16 verse 31 mean that my family will be saved if I am? Ray, NJ (52:19) - Does Leviticus 19 verse 28 prohibit Christians from getting tattoos? Ask Your Questions: Call: 888-712-7434 Email: Answers@bbtlive.org

Throughout history man has attempted to get to God on his own... but each attempt fails miserably. We'll soon see that false religion dates back to a tower called Babel. This was a city built for man's glory, certainly not God's.... pride was its foundation... and destruction was its destination. Today on a Daily Walk pastor John Randall returns to his verse by verse study of Genesis and takes us deeper into chapter 11. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1368/29?v=20251111

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]Sam Altman's AI Safety Push Is a Monopoly Play — They Want You to Rent Intelligence at a Very High PriceGo before Congress saying this will kill us all, then ask government to regulate it; the FDA model — how's that working out?────────────────────────────────────────[00:43:53]Anthropic Researcher: 10% Chance AI Kills All Humans Within a Decade — Racing to Self-Improving Super IntelligenceJacob Coxen's tweet got 10 million views; Anthropic alignment head: we have no plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and we're not on track.────────────────────────────────────────[00:47:19]The Alignment Problem: Whose Interests? Silicon Valley Tyrants' or Ours?Technology changing this rapidly; disruption hits every segment at once — not one industry, but everywhere, all at once.────────────────────────────────────────[00:28:06]Amazon Now Syncing Lips to Dubbed Language — AI as Anti-Babel, Undoing What God Did to Restrain UsGod divided language because with a common language nothing would be withheld; the same evil nature that built Babel is still here; the barrier is coming down.────────────────────────────────────────[01:40:09]Runaway Juror — One Man Held Out in the Murder Trial of a Mother Who Strangled Her Three Kids With Exercise BandsAges five, three, and eight months; premeditated; sent the husband out; the feminist agenda says children are an obstacle to self-realization.────────────────────────────────────────[01:47:42]Trump: "If I Had to Do Iran Again, I Would Do Exactly as I Did" — This Is the 30-Year Netanyahu Nuclear LieTwo CIA estimates found no Iranian nuclear weapons program; Khomeini issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons; they had no weapon; now they will build one.────────────────────────────────────────[01:50:41]Michael Chertoff — First Homeland Security Director — His Mother Was a Founding Zionist Member of MossadAfter DHS his company had naked body scanners ready; the underwear bomber was the trigger; fingerprints of Israel on 9/11 yet again.────────────────────────────────────────[01:51:12]The 10 Key Features of Controlled Demolition Are All Present in Building 7's Collapse47 stories, a football field from the twin towers; free fall through 40,000 tons of structural steel; 700 architects and engineers demanding a new investigation.────────────────────────────────────────[01:56:00]Three Things Keep People From Understanding 9/11 — Poor Problem Solving, Groupthink, Horror of ImplicationsDetermine the answer first then cherry-pick; peer pressure controls thought; they'd rather deceive themselves than live with what is true.────────────────────────────────────────[01:57:38]What Happened on 9/11 Was Never Discussed — They Told Us How, Who, and Why Before We Even Knew WhatForensic science starts with what happened; they skipped it; Israel's enemies became our enemies, their wars our wars, their tactics our tactics — our government became terrorists. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]Sam Altman's AI Safety Push Is a Monopoly Play — They Want You to Rent Intelligence at a Very High PriceGo before Congress saying this will kill us all, then ask government to regulate it; the FDA model — how's that working out?────────────────────────────────────────[00:43:53]Anthropic Researcher: 10% Chance AI Kills All Humans Within a Decade — Racing to Self-Improving Super IntelligenceJacob Coxen's tweet got 10 million views; Anthropic alignment head: we have no plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and we're not on track.────────────────────────────────────────[00:47:19]The Alignment Problem: Whose Interests? Silicon Valley Tyrants' or Ours?Technology changing this rapidly; disruption hits every segment at once — not one industry, but everywhere, all at once.────────────────────────────────────────[00:28:06]Amazon Now Syncing Lips to Dubbed Language — AI as Anti-Babel, Undoing What God Did to Restrain UsGod divided language because with a common language nothing would be withheld; the same evil nature that built Babel is still here; the barrier is coming down.────────────────────────────────────────[01:40:09]Runaway Juror — One Man Held Out in the Murder Trial of a Mother Who Strangled Her Three Kids With Exercise BandsAges five, three, and eight months; premeditated; sent the husband out; the feminist agenda says children are an obstacle to self-realization.────────────────────────────────────────[01:47:42]Trump: "If I Had to Do Iran Again, I Would Do Exactly as I Did" — This Is the 30-Year Netanyahu Nuclear LieTwo CIA estimates found no Iranian nuclear weapons program; Khomeini issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons; they had no weapon; now they will build one.────────────────────────────────────────[01:50:41]Michael Chertoff — First Homeland Security Director — His Mother Was a Founding Zionist Member of MossadAfter DHS his company had naked body scanners ready; the underwear bomber was the trigger; fingerprints of Israel on 9/11 yet again.────────────────────────────────────────[01:51:12]The 10 Key Features of Controlled Demolition Are All Present in Building 7's Collapse47 stories, a football field from the twin towers; free fall through 40,000 tons of structural steel; 700 architects and engineers demanding a new investigation.────────────────────────────────────────[01:56:00]Three Things Keep People From Understanding 9/11 — Poor Problem Solving, Groupthink, Horror of ImplicationsDetermine the answer first then cherry-pick; peer pressure controls thought; they'd rather deceive themselves than live with what is true.────────────────────────────────────────[01:57:38]What Happened on 9/11 Was Never Discussed — They Told Us How, Who, and Why Before We Even Knew WhatForensic science starts with what happened; they skipped it; Israel's enemies became our enemies, their wars our wars, their tactics our tactics — our government became terrorists. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Pastor Taylor kicks off our **NEW** series "BABEL" with a message that reminds us that what we have isn't because of US, it is because of GOD and to find our life, we have to first lose it.follow us on instagram @reallifechurchwa 26201 180th Ave. SE Covington, WA 98042 Sundays @ 8:30 | 10 | 11:30

- Chapter 3 started the snowball rolling downhill / Started the dominoes knocking down God's original design and purpose one after another.• Secular means “worldly”; “earthly” rather than sacred and spiritual • In Worship - Cain then Babel then Nicodemus - Jesus converts the religious into the righteous (many need the clarity of the Scriptures) • In Marriage - monogamy was the foundation of God's plan - the opponents of God say monogamy is a late reality. It was the first and the foundational • The Technological, Agricultural, & In Musical - advancing yes but it's not progressing when you leave God out of the equation • Psalm 73:1-17 (prospering)• General Douglas MacArthur wanted to send missionaries and Bibles to Japan asap - something would fill that void.  • Here we see 2 Kingdoms being established & developed - The Righteous vs The Religious: • Hypocrisy, Apostasy, Worship • True, False, & Vain WorshipI. The Faith of the firstborn II. The Folly of vain worship • Cain's Offering - I Jn 3:10-12• Balaam's Bribe (Numbers 22)• Korah's Rebellion (Numbers 16); Dathan & Abiram) • Judas I. The Kingdom of man - The Cainites1. He started a family (17) - 2. He built a city (18) - Enoch3. His family multiplied (19)4. Lamech violated God's marriage law (2:24) 5. Lamech's wives (20-24)• Adah - Jabal (father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock - herding and breeding); Jubal (father of all those who play the lyre & pipe - string and wind instruments.• Zillah - Tubal-Cain (forger of all instruments of bronze and iron (metallurgy); His sister was Naamah II. The Kingdom of God (25/26)1. Adam & Eve had a third son (Seth) - God gave after Cain took! Luke 3:382. Seth had a son (Enosh) - 3. At this time people began to call on the name of the Lord.• God's people built cities  • God's people invented things• God's people help advance civilizations • God's people did it for God - In Philippians 3:17-21 Paul says “our citizenship is in Heaven”; in 1 Peter 1:1 Peter calls God's people exiles/aliens 4. The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor 5. Not many people mentioned. Not much information given. It won't be long before the number of those who truly call on the Lord is fewer than 10. Only 8 got in the Ark. Only Enoch & Noah called men of God till chapter 12!6. Not long after the flood will be the massive project to build the Tower of Babel - “to get to heaven without the help of God”. We continually see 2 kingdoms clashing - 2 kingdoms in conflict. Today!• You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be saved: Luke 24:44-47; John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 2:21; 2:38; 4:7-12; 8:12; Romans 10:9-13; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 5:13• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in baptism: Matthew 28:18-19; Acts 19:4-5• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in praise: Lk 19:38; Heb 13:15• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in prayer: Mt. 6:9; John 15:16• You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be a missionary: III John 7• You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME to fight off division in His Church - I Cor. 1:10• You must CALL ON HIS NAME even when persecuted: Acts 5:41; 21:13; I Peter 4:14• You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME in all that you do: Col. 3:17• You can't CALL ON HIS NAME when living in sin: II Tim. 2:19• All will CALL ON HIS NAME one day: Phil. 2:9-11• The NAME OF GOD and the judgment of mankind: II Thess. 1:5-12

As we continue through the bible, we look at the story of the Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel; Cauldron and flesh; Tree of Life; Tree of Knowledge; Genesis 11; C19 and flu; Spreading fear; Great Reset?; Fear not!; Calm; Gen 11:1 - Language and Speech; "Uda barim"; Unified; Reading the bible in context; Chapter breaks?; Awareness; Ideology of God = Truth; Land of Shinar? Shin-nun-ayin-resh; Meaningful letters and words; "city" = civil structure - Terror?; Man-made; "tower" mem-gimel-dalet-lamad Migdal; Gen 11:5; Yod-resh-dalet - come down, go downwards; Causing effect on city/tower; Unrestrained; Walled cities?; Invasion; Jacob becoming Israel; "livestock"?; Restoring families; Babylon today; Becoming merchandise; Covetous practices; Cain's city-state; Altars; Gen 11:6 "One"; One purse?; East Timor; Pilgrims and Strangers; Equity in Jamestown; Forfeiting choice; Consequences; Melchizedek vs Abimelech; Righteous king of peace; Knowing your neighbor; "News" then and now; "yod" = divine spark; Electing rulers; Consequences of going against the way of God; Julius Caesar's choices; Questioning your understandings; Conflict of Visions?; Consuming sacrifices; Not to be like rulers of the Gentiles; Human nature?; Of the fallen; Proud believers; God's order; Plowing the adamah; Greed?; Corruption; Red Heifer; Power corrupts; Setting up systems where government takes; Welfare state?; Sin of Sodom; Addiction to benefits; Self-interest; Chores; Causes for peace and wealth; Law of Nature; Early Church organization; Charity; Natural constraints; Unconstrained civil structures; Exercising authority; "Corban"; Confounding speech - misunderstanding; Darkened eyes; Fleeing the light; Commandments to not covet; Parental sacrifice; Of? Or For children; Valuing family; Social Security?; Making the Word of God to none effect; Hearing the cries of your brothers; Wisdom of God; Feeling over fact; Bondage of Egypt; Globalism?; Seeking the answers of God; Are you doing what Jesus said?

A highly respected leader in the U.S. military gave a dire warning for the future of our nation. On In The Market with Janet Parshall this week, Lt. Col. Oliver North USMC (retired) joined us to discuss how America lost its way and what believers can do to turn things around before its too late. The current war in the Middle East is just another reminder that we continue to march inevitably toward the end of all things. Dr. Michael Youssef takes us back to the scriptures to see what Jesus himself had to say about the last days before His return. Ben Peterson explained how A.I. is creating a modern-day “Tower of Babel” and being used to distract people from discovering and growing a relationship with the God who created them. We updated your prayer list for the biggest group of influencers in the world, the entertainment industry and we had a frank discussion on the financial benefit that some are deriving from assisted suicide. Janet and Craig invite you to another discussion of how to apply God’s truth to the news making headlines this week.Become a Parshall Partner: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/inthemarket/partnersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emergency Nintendo Direct chatter, powered by the reveal of sequels to two of our favourite Switch games (Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land), then another pile of games from the September 2026 mountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viv Groskop and Amanda Vickery join Tom Sutcliffe to review:The Bayeux Tapestry as it goes on display to the public in Britain for the first time since its creation almost a millennium ago. Taipei Story, the new novel from bestselling literary phenomenon Rebecca F Kuang, author of Babel and Yellowface, about a young Chinese-American woman studying in Taiwan and grappling with ideas of disapora and identity. Everybody Digs Bill Evans, the debut narrative feature from filmmaker Grant Gee which looks at the life of the legendary jazz musician Bill Evans.And as the BBC National Short Story Award returns, Tom announces the shortlist live - and talks to one of the shortlisted authors.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Tim Bano

Pastor Mike explores how we can look at the Tower of Babel story in a modern context. New to Echo Grace? We'd love to get to know you! Fill out a quick connect form at https://echograce.com/connect. Want to support our ministries & mission? Your generosity makes a difference. Give at https://echograce.com/give.

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When you study the Bible in Hebrew, you keep running into wordplays, alliteration, and folk etymologies that almost never survive a straight English translation. In this teaching you will see the real choice translators face: keep the feel of the original, or keep the exact meaning and explain the play in a footnote. You will walk through Babel and balal, Isaiah's alliteration, Jeremiah's almond tree, and a modern version that tries to keep New Testament poetry rhyming. Compare a few translations and you will catch what one rendering has to leave on the table. ~~~FRONTL|NE Newsletter: https://thelineoffire.org/newsletterDonate: https://thelineoffire.org/donate-one-timeX: https://twitter.com/DrMichaelLBrownYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LFTVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmichaelbrownFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASKDrBrownWebsite: https://thelineoffire.orgRadio Broadcast from The Line of Fire Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Marlon and Jake discuss the books they'd banish from school reading lists—not ban but give a well-earned time out. They consider why the Bible shouldn't make the cut, why mythology deserves to expand beyond the Greeks and Romans, and what kinds of books actually resonate with high school readers. Plus: why being a great book doesn't necessarily make something a great book to teach—and whether length should matter. Subscribe to our River-herd digital newsletter and our print newspaper, The Eddy, for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content: https://sites.prh.com/the-eddy-newspaper Mythology by Edith Hamilton Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Pearl by John Steinbeck “Who Am I This Time?” by Kurt Vonnegut King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Benito Cereno by Herman Melville The Tempest by William Shakespeare The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges “The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy by Douglas Adams The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare As You Like It by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare You Can't Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Animal Farm by George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell The Trial by Franz Kafka Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Look Back in Anger by John Osborne Butley by Simon Gray The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham

Before the world was made, there was a war. Dan McCarthy comes into the basement to trace it back to its source, the moment pride welled up in the highest angel, and he reached for the throne of God. The author of Satan's War Against God argues that most Christians have the enemy all wrong. We shrink him down to a tempter and an accuser, when Scripture describes a full rebellion, a mutiny that has never stopped and now runs as an organized kingdom of darkness carving up the territories of the earth.Dan lays out the enemy's real agenda, why humanity enraged Satan before we ever drew a breath, and how the powers and principalities took their thrones after Babel. Then he gets practical. He explains why the church is not a fan club but an army, why our bond with Jesus is fealty to a warrior king rather than friendship with a buddy, and what it actually means to take back territory. It starts before time, and it lands right in the middle of the war you are standing in today. https://ruffgreens.com - Get a free Jumpstart Trial bag with discount code BLURRY at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investor and businessman John Kim has studied AI extensively. As a Christian he has prayed about AI extensively. What role if any does AI play in the future of the Church?In our first of episode addressing the topic, Ryan interviews John Kim, a prominent New York businessman who shares what he thinks the future is going to look like as Christians grapple with a technology that is changing the foundations of how we work and create.00:00 Cold Open: The Stomach Growl 00:20 Welcome & Meet John Kim 01:31 The Catholic Icebreaker04:54 MIT Testimony: When God Rewired My Brain 10:03 Ask for Wisdom, Not Just the Outcome 13:12 Discerning God Voice in Business Decisions 17:33 AI as a Tool: Where Christians Fit 25:41 Is There a Christian Edge Against AI? 28:47 Human Presence: What Stays Scarce30:17 Mozart, Salieri, and the AI Gospel Hit -- AD BREAK 2: Casper + Mars Men 41:20 Elvis,Math, and the Robot Golfer 46:02 Creative Destruction and the Christian Advantage 55:16 Spain,Contentment, and the Tesla Bet 66:25 Stewardship, Prosperity Gospel, and Raising Samuel Right 84:22 Scheduled Divine Boredom and Hearing God's Voice 91:44 The Stomach-Growl House Negotiation 96:48 Mammon, Power, and the Loneliness of Wealth 103:06 AI, End Times, and the Tower of Babel 108:23 - Proving you're not an avatarThank You To Our Sponsors!Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to: https://www.wildalaskan.com/EXFILES.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code EXFILES at https://oneskin.co/exfilesRight now save up to 30% on mattresses and up to 35% on everything else when you go to Casper.com. https://Casper.com.For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at Mengotomars.com.Join Exodus90 for their St. Michael's Lent Challenge starting August 12th. Go to https://Exodus90.com/exfiles for a free trial.Sign up for the Vault to support the show and get access to the dramatic episodes a day early! https://Exorcistfiles.supercast.comFollow us on IG at https://instragram.com/exorcistfiles and https://www.instagram.com/TheBetheaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.