Podcast appearances and mentions of Jacques Ellul

Participants: John Steppling, Hiroyuki Hamada, Daniel Broudy, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Palestine, a few words in honor of the life of Christopher Black, police actions in Los Angeles against migrants and minorities and their defenders, Mike Davis' “No One is Illegal” (2006), Alexandre Havard-Dianine on Descartes, Rousseau, and Nietzsche, Jacinda Adern's career after the covid years in New Zealand, digital money vs. travelers' checks, the occupation of the mind of the target population, Jacques Ellul: agitation and integration propaganda. Music track: “Spanish Key” by Miles Davis (public domain).

Je wilt vasthouden aan je idealen, ook als het moeilijk wordt, maar waar haal je in hemelsnaam de handvatten vandaan om dat te doen?! In deze aflevering vertelt Paul openhartig over zijn moeilijke momenten en geeft hij op grond van zijn jarenlange ervaring met non-profitwerk vier concrete adviezen hoe je moedig en hoopvol kunt blijven. Deze manieren om vol te houden krijgen we in ons onderwijs en onze cultuur helaas niet aangereikt: we moeten er zelf mee aan de slag. In deze aflevering vertelt Paul hoe hij dat aanpakt en wat dat oplevert. We beantwoorden in deze aflevering ook een luisteraarsvraag. Lees/luister/kijktips:Boek: Ends and Means van Aldous Huxley.Boek: Where Do We Go From Here? van Martin Luther King.Film: Malcolm X (biopic).Film: Selma (over de mars van Martin Luther King naar Selma).Film: Salt of the earth over Sebastião Salgado, oorlogs- en natuurfotograaf en natuurherstellerBoek: Wie is de mens? van Abraham Heschel (die arm in arm met Martin Luther King naar Selma marcheerde).Podcast: Moderne Profeten, tips voor specifieke afleveringen: Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Day, Jacques Ellul, Aleksej Navalny, Leymah Gbowee, Etty Hillesum.Documentaire: Navalny, over het leven, de moed en het verzet van Aleksej Navalny.Vind gelijkgestemden: kom naar de meet-ups van Just Enough!

Transmission, c'est des conversations entre les générations, avec les intellectuels d'aujourd'hui et de demain.⚠️ Un lundi sur deux, à 18hLes ouvrages de Baptiste Detombe que Transmission vous recommande :➡️ L'homme démantelé, Artège, 2025https://www.editionsartege.fr/product/132035/l-homme-demantele/

Hij is een van de meest belangrijke denkers van dit moment, met een grote wereldwijde impact: sociaal-psycholoog Jonathan Haidt. Als hoogleraar aan New York University doet hij baanbrekend onderzoek naar de impact van sociale media en smartphones op onze geestelijke gezondheid. En die impact is, volgens hem, gigantisch — vooral op jongeren. De situatie is urgent want volgens Haidt is dit ons laatste jaar om de problemen echt aan te pakken, zeker met AI (kunstmatige intelligentie) op komst.  Maar hoe dan? Daar heeft Haidt ideeen over. Hij is bovendien iemand die breed nadenkt: over de staat van de democratie (hoe krijg je die weer gezond?) en ook over de rol van religie, waar hij als – atheïst – bijzonder interessante ideeën over heeft. David Boogerd sprak hem in Amsterdam, uiteraard samen met vast gast theoloog Stefan Paas, hoogleraar aan de VU in Amsterdam en de Theologische Universiteit Utrecht. We gaan weer live met De Ongelooflijke! Donderdagavond woensdagavond 26 juni zijn we live in de Nieuwe Buitensociëteit in Zwolle. Kaarten zijn te boeken via eo.nl/ongelooflijke (https://meer.eo.nl/de-ongelooflijke-podcast).

Jacob Marques-Rollison is currently co-president of the International Jacques Ellul Society (IJES). Among his publications on the life and work of Jacques Ellul are A New Reading of Jacques Ellul: Presence and Communication in the Postmodern World (2020) and an English translation of Ellul's two-volume ethical treatise To Will & To Do. He and his wife are on staff at L'Abri Fellowship in Huémoz, Switzerland.PODCAST LINKS:- Jacques Ellul (Cascade Companion book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781625649140/jacques-ellul/- International Jacques Ellul Society: https://ellul.org/NEWSLETTER:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.)CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WipfandstockpublishersTwitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast's transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

“Man is caught like a fly in a bottle. His attempts at culture, freedom, and creative endeavor have become mere entries in technique's filing cabinet.” Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society In the mid-1950s the French philosopher Jacques Ellul wrote a book titled The Technological Society. In sit he proposed that technology, or more broadly what […] The post Why Technology is Enslaving and Dehumanizing Us first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

On this episode of The Courtenay Turner Podcast, Courtenay welcomes Matthew Raymer—founder of ContentSafe—for a deep dive into the tangled intersections of propaganda, technology, and freedom of speech. Raymer, whose company ContentSafe specializes in protecting creators from deplatforming and shadowbanning, brings firsthand experience from the front lines of digital censorship. As a technologist and advocate for decentralization, his work with the Anti-Censorship Technical Committee centers on supporting privacy and anti-censorship projects to ensure open discourse in a world increasingly threatened by digital suppression. The episode explores the enduring relevance of Jacques Ellul, author of Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, who argued that propaganda is not just about lies or overt manipulation, but about shaping perceptions and behavior through the integration of individuals into mass society, often using technology as its primary vehicle. Expect a nuanced discussion of Ellul's theories—how propaganda works both psychologically and sociologically, and how it leverages technology to mold both individuals and the collective consciousness. From there, the conversation widens to examine the uneasy relationship between science, religion, and technology in the age of technocracy. How does the advance of artificial intelligence threaten or enhance religious freedom and individual rights? Recent research suggests that AI and increased digitalization can negatively impact religious liberties and reshape social norms, raising urgent questions about the ethical and political implications of rapid technological change. Raymer and Turner won't shy away from the most taboo and controversial subjects—those very topics that often trigger shadowbans and algorithmic suppression. They'll dissect the geopolitics of censorship, the rise of authoritarian and democratic models of AI, and the ongoing struggle to keep the digital public square open to dissenting voices. Tune in for a fearless, wide-ranging conversation that cuts through the noise and challenges the boundaries of what can—and should—be discussed in our increasingly surveilled and censored digital society. ▶Follow & Connect with Matthew Raymer: ✩ ContentSafe ✩ The Anti-Censorship Technical Committee ✩ Twitter ____________________________________________________________________ ▶ GET On-Demand Access for Courtenay's Cognitive Liberty Conference https://cognitivelibertyconference.com ----------------------------------------- ▶ Follow & Connect with Courtenay: https://www.courtenayturner.com ✩ Linktree ▶ Support my work & Affiliate links: ✩Buy Me A Coffee! ✩GiveSendGo ✩Venmo ✩Cash App ✩ Richardson Nutritional Center: (B-17!) ✩ Relax Far Infrared Saunas: (Warm Up!) Discount Code: COURTZ ✩ LifeWave Stem Cell Activation Patches​: (Activate your master cells!) ✩ Gold Gate Capital (Secure Your Wealth!) ✩ SatPhone123 (Claim Your Free Satellite Phone!) Promo Code: COURTZ ✩Discover The Magic of MagicDichol: ✩Defy The Grid With Real Currency.....Goldbacks!: Promo Code: COURTZ ✩Honey Colony "Where The Hive Decides What's Healthy": Promo Code: COURTZ ▶ Follow Courtenay on Social Media: ✩Twitter ✩TruthSocial ✩Instagram ✩Telegram ————————————————— ▶ Disclaimer: this is intended to be inspiration & entertainment. We aim to inform, inspire & empower. Guest opinions/ statements are not a reflection of the host or podcast. Please note these are conversational dialogues. All statements and opinions are not necessarily meant to be taken as fact. Please do your own research. Thanks for watching! ————————————————— ©2025 All Rights Reserved Courtenay's Substack Bringing breadth and depth of context to inform, inspire and empower cognitive liberty! By Courtenay Turner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his 1962 book, Propaganda, Jacques Ellul outlines three conditions for propaganda's success. Bombard people with excessive information so they will forget, always have “breaking news” so they do not reflect or think critically, and have no North Star or standard to measure deviation. As Christians we are called to remember, called to think, and called to follow our certain and firm North Star. Dr. Stephen J. Nichols, president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, discussed how a Christian worldview speaks to these conditions and encourages us to both speak and live truthfully in difficult times.Support the show

Laurie M. Johnson is professor of political science at Kansas State University and president of The Maurin Academy (https://pmaurin.org). Most of her work has involved developing an understanding and critique of classical liberal theory and includes works on Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville. Her recent book, Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right (2019), sets the stage for her newest book, The Gap in God's Country (Cascade, 2024), with broader implications for what we can do to address our problems.PODCAST LINKS:- The Gap in God's Country (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666737400/the-gap-in-gods-country/- YouTube series on the book: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLkfggTCOx-GdsauHvp0dmqOKq8f4jsB- Laurie's website: https://lauriemjohnson.com/- Maurin Academy: https://pmaurin.org/- Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy- Political Philosophy podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ljpolitical-philosophyNEWSLETTER:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.)CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WipfandstockpublishersTwitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/OUTLINE: (02:49) – Meet Laurie(05:08) – Roundtable: Jesus, Socrates, Karl Marx(07:12) – Laurie's political journey (16:00) – Classical conservatism(20:25) – US conservatives: right-leaning liberals?   (27:23) – Political instability today(29:36) – Marxian critiques of capitalism(34:58) – Transformations in the Democratic Party(35:43) – Jacques Ellul and “technique” today(44:14) – The Catholic Worker movement  (50:17) – Mass psychosis/ideological possession(01:00:23) – Direct action*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast's transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Andrew Wilson is an Author, Bitcoiner, and Professor of History of Christianity as well as host of The Disentanglement Podcast, exploring privacy tech and the surveillance state.We set out to explore the political identity of the left and the right. These labels have come to define our modern world. But where do they come from? What underwrites it all? How can bridges be built between them? From the French Revolution to the technological society, we explore anarchism, freedom, human agency, and what Bitcoin means for all of this.‍---Links:Andrew's Writing - https://amzn.to/4i3axX0The Disentanglement Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disentanglement-podcast/id1615228183Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul - https://amzn.to/4iqJNiY---Support this Show:Support TTOV -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Connect:X - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/TTOVpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/codyellingham⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nostr -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ttovpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Credits:The Transformation of Value is produced by Cody EllinghamShow music by Simon James French -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---

Roger Huang is author of the book “Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?”We talk in-depth about China and Bitcoin and what is going on when it comes to Bitcoin mining bans, the Chinese Communist Party and the broader Chinese economy. We also unpick the various layers of optics and politics involved when talking about anything to do with China and how freedom and money play into all of this. ‍---Links:Book: Would Mao Hold Bitcoin? By Roger Huang https://amzn.to/4id6kzKRoger's website - https://chinabitcoinbook.com/Roger on X - https://x.com/Rogerh1991Roger on Nostr - https://njump.me/npub12qxvc5evxqt3rky25mfskywugalx5vnhppfl32cu903cnwpyu0uqkmq8u9Book: Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul - https://amzn.to/4id7n2EBook: On China by Henry Kissinger - https://amzn.to/41iGAv2---Support this Show:Support TTOV -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Connect:X - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/TTOVpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/codyellingham⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nostr -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ttovpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Credits:The Transformation of Value is produced by Cody EllinghamShow music by Simon James French -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---

How can we equip the next generation to cut through the noise and think critically in a world saturated with misinformation? Dr. Eliot Grasso, Vice President of Gutenberg College, joins BaseCamp Live to tackle the challenge of "particles of propaganda" and how they shape our lives. Drawing on Jacques Ellul's timeless insights, Dr. Grasso unpacks practical tools for parents and educators to cultivate clarity, discernment, and resilience in their children. From simple dinner table dialogues to foundational worldview questions, learn how to anchor your family in truth, goodness, and beauty. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or lifelong learner, this episode offers actionable steps to build a stronger foundation for the next generation.Special Thanks to our partners who make BaseCamp Live possible:ZipCastWilson Hill AcademyClassic Learning TestGordon CollegeClassical Academic PressLife Architects CoachingLight Phone Stay tuned for more enlightening discussions on classical Christian education, and join us next time on BaseCamp Live! Remember to subscribe, leave us a review, and reach out to us at info@basecamplive.comDon't forget to visit basecamplive.com for more info and past episodes.

Où acheter le livre ? Il est disponible sur Amazon au format papier et numérique : Lien Amazon - https://amzn.to/3OKImyU ------------------------------- Timeline et liste des sujets : 00:00:00 Introduction : Pourquoi cette traduction ? 00:01:40 Des traductions françaises falsifiées et scandaleuses. 00:05:15 Anglais et français, les deux langues les plus riches au monde. 00:08:19 Le gauchiste réécrit l'histoire. La vérité ne l'intéresse pas. 00:12:06 Lecture de ma préface. 00:34:10 Le gauchiste, ce faux rebelle qui ne prend aucun risque. 00:43:44 Jacques Ellul, le maître à penser de Theodore Kaczynski. 00:46:43 Perturbation du processus de pouvoir et aliénation. 00:50:04 Génie génétique et influence d'Aldous Huxley. 00:54:31 Destruction de la famille et de la communauté, au profit du système.

It's the ultimate smackdown! In this episode we discuss the covert work done by theories and doctrines of history, in church and saeculum alike, and why we can't stop theorizing about history once we've noticed it. We also drill down on two particular approaches to time and history within Christian discourse, what they mean, what they imply, and how (and how not) to deploy them. Hoping for a SEVENTH year of Queen of the Sciences? Show your support by becoming a Patron! Notes: 1. Related episodes: Second Peter and the Second Coming, Unbaptized God, Technique and Propaganda with Jacques Ellul, The Bible in One Hand and the Newspaper in the Other?, Buddhism, Our Democracy?, Hegel 2. Augustine, Confessions (specifically, the second half on time that you always skip over) 3. Hinlicky, Luther and the Beloved Community

Miami-Dade school board votes against recognizing LGBTQ+ History Month for 3rd year in a rowFor the third year in a row, the Miami-Dade County school board voted against a proposal to recognize October as LGBTQ+ History Month.The 5-3 vote on Wednesday came hours after the school board heard a mix of passionate opinions about whether to approve item H-10.VOTE NO ON AMNDMENT 4 NO Definitions Unlike other Amendments, Amendment 4 does not define any of its key terms. For example, it does not define “viability,” “health care provider,” “patient's health,” or how serious a health concern would need to be to allow exceptions for late-term abortions. These uncertainties create loopholes resulting in more abortions later in pregnancy than voters intend. Too EXTREMEAmendment 4 goes TOO FAR by allowing late-term abortions, far beyond when science says the baby is capable of feeling pain. Amendment 4 would overturn current laws requiring a parent's consent BEFORE a minor can have an abortion, thereby making abortion the only medical procedure that can be performed on a minor without a parent's permission. Amendment 4 pretends to “just bring things back to how they were with Roe vs. Wade” – but it actually goes much further – creating a constitutional right to abortion throughout all nine months with no protections for the unborn baby.Should Christians be in politics?Can politics save America?For years, RLR has urged Christians to take seriously theirobligations as citizens, starting with exercising the right tovote. In the public square and at the ballot box, we must bemore engaged, not less. Q. But what happens in a race where Christians are facedwith two morally problematic choices? Q. Should voters cast a ballot for the lesser of two evils?When it comes to citizenship in our current political context, Christians are plagued by two opposite mistakes.  The first is French theologian Jacques Ellul called “the political illusion,” or, assuming that everything rests on political outcomes. “If our guy is in office, all will be well. If their guy is in office, all will be lost.” The political illusion, to be clear, plagues both sides of the political and theological aisles. To describe a particular candidate in messianic terms is to suffer from the political illusion. To describe him or her as the anti-Christ is also to suffer from the political illusion. No political candidate will “save Christianity.” No candidate can “irreparably harm” it either. Other Christians are plagued by the political delusion, the idea that political engagement of any kind is pointlessly unnecessary or perhaps even implicates one in evil. Of course, there are cases throughout history where an election is a farce, or where political engagement aligns one with unmitigated evil. Neither is not the case for American Christians today. I will put it bluntly, for American Christians, voting is both a civic duty and a Christian responsibility.  The late, great Chuck Colson once wrote: The next time you hear someone tell you that Christians ought to take a vacation from politics, tell them to go fly a kite.  Listen, it's our duty as citizens of the kingdom of God to be the best citizens of the society we live in.Brothers and sisters, Christianity and good citizenship go together.

Many of our neighbors have succumbed to what the French philosopher Jacques Ellul called “the political illusion.” What is it, and what can we do to resist it? Here are a couple of resources mentioned on today's episode: Ellul explained the “political illusion” in his 1965 book L'illusion politique. It was published in English in 1967. To read my interview with Christopher Watkin, click here.) According to a recent Gallup survey, a majority of Americans now believe abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances. That finding represents a significant shift in attitude in just the past few years. To read about the pastor's conference hosted by Turning Point USA, click on our report here. To read a written version of this commentary, click here. The producer for today's program is Jeff McIntosh. Until next time, may God bless you!

Een citaat uit De Groene Amsterdammer: 'Het probleem van de moderniteit is dat we rationele intelligentie op de troon hebben gezet. En wat we op de troon zetten, gaan we aanbidden. En wat we aanbidden – zo schreef de bijbelse psalmist drie millennia geleden al – daar gaan we op lijken. Het grootste gevaar is niet dat robots op ons gaan lijken, maar dat wij op robots gaan lijken.' Door dit soort fascinerende passages kwam hij op onze radar: Frank Mulder, onderzoeker en journalist van o.a. de Groene Amsterdammer. Hij schrijft over uiteenlopende onderwerpen als voeding, filosofie en gebroken gezinnen, maar zijn focus ligt op technologie en de immense impact die dat op ons heeft. Waarbij hij erg geïnspireerd is door de beroemde Franse denker Jacques Ellul - met wie je in deze aflevering ook kennis gaat maken. Frank Mulder is eigenzinnig, met een uitzonderlijke levensstijl. Hij woont met zijn gezin in een leefgemeenschap in de multiculturele wijk Overvecht in Utrecht. Het geeft hem een interessant perspectief op onze cultuur. Want daar moeten we een eerlijk, confronterend gesprek over voeren, vindt hij: 'We moeten in de afgrond durven kijken'. Een gesprek met Frank Mulder en natuurlijk vaste gast, theoloog Stefan Paas, professor aan de VU in Amsterdam en de Theologische Universiteit Utrecht.

Être sincère avec soi-même serait une vertu, un comportement qui traduirait une capacité à l'honnêteté et à la clairvoyance. Or, Jacques Ellul ne partage pas ce point de vue. Pour lui, "être sincère avec soi-même" serait en réalité un moyen de masquer notre égoïsme et notre refus des contraintes. Pourquoi ? Explication dans cet épisode. Vous pouvez me soutenir : ★En devenant contributeur sur Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/leprecepteurpodcast Vous pourrez ainsi accéder au podcast sans pub et en avant-première et surtout à mon contenu inédit ! ★Ou en faisant un don ponctuel sur PayPal : http://paypal.me/leprecepteurpodcast Pensez à laisser une note et un avis sur la plateforme de podcast où vous m'écoutez. Cela prend quelques secondes, et c'est un geste très utile pour le référencement du podcast ! Et bien sûr, continuez à partager les émissions que vous préférez sur vos réseaux sociaux. Le Précepteur Podcast a été créé pour vous et continuera d'exister grâce à vous. (Pour toute demande : leprecepteurpodcast@gmail.com)

"To the extent that propaganda is based on current news, it cannot permit time for thought or reflection. A man caught up in the news must remain on the surface of the event; he is carried along in the current, and can at no time take a respite to judge and appreciate; he can never stop to reflect. There is never any awareness -- of himself, of his condition, of his society -- for the man who lives by current events. Such a man never stops to investigate any one point, any more than he will tie together a series of news events.  We already have mentioned man's inability to consider several facts or events simultaneously and to make a synthesis of them in order to face or to oppose them. One thought drives away another; old facts are chased by new ones. Under these conditions there can be no thought. And, in fact, modern man does not think about current problems; he feels them. He reacts, but be does not understand them any more than he takes responsibility for them. He is even less capable of spotting any inconsistency between successive facts; man's capacity to forget is unlimited.  This is one of the most important and useful points for the propagandist, who can always be sure that a particular propaganda theme, statement, or event will be forgotten within a few weeks. Moreover, there is a spontaneous defensive reaction in the individual against an excess of information and -- to the extent that he clings (unconsciously) to the unity of his own person -- against inconsistencies. The best defense here is to forget the preceding event. In so doing, man denies his own continuity; to the same extent that he lives on the surface of events and makes today's events his life by obliterating yesterday's news, he refuses to see the contradictions in his own life and condemns himself to a life of successive moments, discontinuous and fragmented." - Jacques Ellul, Propaganda  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/support

On this episode, I am joined by a leading Jacques Ellul scholar, Dr. Michael Morreli, as we unpack his reflections on technology, idolatry, modernity, and Christian Anarchism. If you enjoy the conversation, check out his book  Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio. Michael Morelli is Assistant Professor of… Read more about Michael Morelli: Jacques Ellul & the Technological Society

On this episode, I am joined by a leading Jacques Ellul scholar, Dr. Michael Morreli, as we unpack his reflections on technology, idolatry, modernity, and Christian Anarchism. If you enjoy the conversation, check out his book  Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio. Michael Morelli is Assistant Professor of Theology & Ethics and Program Manager, Life-Long Learning at Northwest Seminary & College (a founding member of ACTS Seminaries, and affiliate of Trinity Western University). He holds a PhD in Theological Ethics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, is the author of Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio: A Nascent Theological Tradition (2021), and editor of Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word: A New Essay by Jacques Ellul and Five Critical Engagements (2023). He publishes and presents on a variety of topics within the fields of theology, morality, culture, politics, and technology. He has also worked in local church ministry and continues to serve the church in a lay capacity. Follow Michael's work on Twitter: @mchlmorelli 00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Dr. Morelli 04:31 Michael Morelli's Academic Journey 14:03 Jacques Ellul's Background and Influences 19:25 Understanding Technique and Its Implications 32:28 The Idol of Technology and Its Consequences 37:09 Power Dynamics and Non-Power in Modernity 46:54 The Dark Side of Innovation 47:12 War and Technology: A Chilling Connection 48:04 Propaganda and Political Power 51:29 The Seduction of Technology 54:39 The Role of Idols in Modern Society 57:42 The Ethics of War and Political Decisions 01:00:38 The Future of Technology and Society 01:14:16 Christian Anarchism and Local Governance 01:22:47 Hope and Despair in Modern Times 01:36:26 Upcoming Projects and Final Thoughts WATCH THE CONVERSATION HERE Join my Substack - Process This! Join our upcoming class - THE GOD OF THE BIBLE: An Absolutely Clear and Final Guide to Ultimate Mystery ;) Come to THEOLOGY BEER CAMP. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jung et Ellul ont été contemporains mais ne se sont pas connus. Joël Decarsin vient nous présenter leur pensée dialectique. Comment Ellul et Jung nous permettent-ils de comprendre les enjeux de notre monde contemporain ? Pourquoi la technique nous mène-t-elle par le bout du nez ? Pourquoi des concepts nouveaux (l'intelligence artificielle, les théories du complot, la post-vérité) sont-ils à ce point paradoxaux ? Claire Dorly (1946-2021), « Les enjeux éthiques de l'autonomie psychique », Cahiers jungiens de psychanalyse n°90, 1997, p. 69 à 78 Jacques Ellul, Ethique de la liberté – Editions Labor et Fides Jacques Ellul, Ce que je crois – Editions Grasset Radioscopie de Jacques Ellul par Jacques Chancel – 1er octobre 1980 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we7UhN0Z3BE C.G.Jung, Psychologie et religion – Editions La Fontaine de pierre C.G. Jung, Présent et avenir – Editions Le Livre de poche

The hosts hold a dialogue between Dr. Jason Hudson and Dr. Clif Bailey as they parse out their similarities and differences in how each approach the technological society; the latter holding a Niebuhrian view, the former influenced primarily by Jacques Ellul & Wendell Berry.

Watching The World Go Down in History. In this episode of Banned Books, we read "False Presence of the Kingdom" by Jacques Ellul and discuss worldly Christianity, the lessons of history, the Machine, focusing on heavenly things to answer earthly questions, seeking the origin of things, and the dangers of being trapped in the present. SHOW NOTES:  Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Black Robe (1991) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/black-robe   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin: https://shop.1517.org/products/9781956658880-encouragement-for-motherhood Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird: https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhiking-Prophets-Through-Salvation-Testament/dp/1956658858 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@30MinNT/videos Remembering Rod Rosenbladt https://www.1517.org/dadrod Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Thou-Song-Christian-Seventeenth/dp/1956658890/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706551944&sr=8-1&utm_source=show+notes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=General+Shownotes   More from the hosts: Donovan Riley https://www.1517.org/contributors/donavon-riley  Christopher Gillespie https://www.1517.org/contributors/christopher-gillespie   MORE LINKS: Tin Foil Haloes https://t.me/bannedpastors Warrior Priest Gym & Podcast https://thewarriorpriestpodcast.wordpress.com   St John's Lutheran Church (Webster, MN) - FB Live Bible Study Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/356667039608511  Gillespie's Sermons and Catechesis: http://youtube.com/stjohnrandomlake  Gillespie Coffee https://gillespie.coffee   Gillespie Media https://gillespie.media     CONTACT and FOLLOW: Email mailto:BannedBooks@1517.org  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BannedBooksPod/  Twitter https://twitter.com/bannedbooks1517   SUBSCRIBE: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvLQ5rlaInxLO9luAauF4A  Rumble https://rumble.com/c/c-1223313  Odysee https://odysee.com/@bannedbooks:5 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books/id1370993639  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2ahA20sZMpBxg9vgiRVQba  Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=214298  Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1370993639/banned-books  Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYW5uZWRib29rcy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw TuneIn Radio https://tunein.com/podcasts/Religion--Spirituality-Podcasts/Banned-Books-p1216972/  iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-banned-books-29825974/ 

Preachers should preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other, so we are told. Maybe Karl Barth told us so. Maybe someone in your church with an axe to grind. Or a sensitive conscience eager to be compassionate and relevant. Should we? In this episode, we continue our explorations of technique and propaganda with the help of Jacques Ellul, pressing the question: how can we possibly propagate the gospel with integrity in a media landscape polluted with propaganda? Notes: 1. Related episodes: Technique and Propaganda with Jacques Ellul, The Image of God, Powers and Principalities, Howard Thurman 2. And speaking of propaganda... I actually have yet another podcast, The Disentanglement Podcast, in which my husband Andrew and I try to figure out loud and in the midst and mess of life how to extricate ourselves from all the digital systems that entangle and ensnare us. It's half practical and half philosophical. Oh, and a whole lot shorter per episode than Queen of the Sciences. If that sort of thing matters to you. Holy moly! Six years of top-quality theological podcasting! Why not show your support by becoming a Patron?

It's Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John's gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul. SHOW NOTES:  Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Stanford prison experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin: https://shop.1517.org/products/9781956658880-encouragement-for-motherhood Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird: https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhiking-Prophets-Through-Salvation-Testament/dp/1956658858 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@30MinNT/videos Remembering Rod Rosenbladt https://www.1517.org/dadrod Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Thou-Song-Christian-Seventeenth/dp/1956658890/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706551944&sr=8-1&utm_source=show+notes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=General+Shownotes   More from the hosts: Donovan Riley https://www.1517.org/contributors/donavon-riley  Christopher Gillespie https://www.1517.org/contributors/christopher-gillespie   MORE LINKS: Tin Foil Haloes https://t.me/bannedpastors Warrior Priest Gym & Podcast https://thewarriorpriestpodcast.wordpress.com   St John's Lutheran Church (Webster, MN) - FB Live Bible Study Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/356667039608511  Gillespie's Sermons and Catechesis: http://youtube.com/stjohnrandomlake  Gillespie Coffee https://gillespie.coffee   Gillespie Media https://gillespie.media     CONTACT and FOLLOW: Email mailto:BannedBooks@1517.org  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BannedBooksPod/  Twitter https://twitter.com/bannedbooks1517   SUBSCRIBE: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvLQ5rlaInxLO9luAauF4A  Rumble https://rumble.com/c/c-1223313  Odysee https://odysee.com/@bannedbooks:5 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books/id1370993639  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2ahA20sZMpBxg9vgiRVQba  Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=214298  Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1370993639/banned-books  Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYW5uZWRib29rcy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw TuneIn Radio https://tunein.com/podcasts/Religion--Spirituality-Podcasts/Banned-Books-p1216972/  iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-banned-books-29825974/ 

Nearly everyone thinks the world has gone off the rails, and nearly everyone has a theory why, from kids these days to the moral breakdown of the West to the internet. We return to the conversation started by French Protestant philosopher Jacques Ellul more than 80 years ago, and find him startlingly, alarmingly prescient. In this episode we consider his proposal that technique, in the sense of efficient means by technological instruments, has become our all-defining reality, and answer the question that haunted us some time back: is it propaganda all the way up and all the way down? (Yes.) Notes: 1. Ellul, Presence in the Modern World and Propaganda 2. Plekon, Hidden Holiness, Saints As They Really Are, Living Icons 3. Related episodes: Private Public and Propagandistic, Cybertech and Personhood, Postmodernism for the Perplexed, Hannah Arendt Holy moly! Six years of top-quality theological podcasting! Why not show your support by becoming a Patron?

A followup to the last episode. After watching our indoctrinated sleeper cells come to life, it's a good time to revisit Ellul's book, Propaganda, and put it thru the filter of the last few weeks.    Notes from 2019: Ellul's ideas on pre-propaganda, propaganda's conditioned reflexes, myths, and "orthopraxy". Including the triggering of active and passive action (activists, influencers, collaborators), widespread participation by "committed" zealots, the separation between thought and action, exploiting the abyss between what we say and what we do, mobilizing men for action counter to their own values, and being unable to reverse ourselves once "action" has begun.   Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747 Like it? Share it! More: https://toddzillax.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdLR140l--HufeRSAnj91A   SM7B

Kryptos joins the podcast for a long form conversation about the technological society referred to in Jacques Ellul's writings. He explains what technology actually is and how it brings both positives and negatives. Sometimes the social cost is very high. This sparks a discussion between Jon and Kryptos on what the technological society means for the church as an institution. Kryptos offers some helpful ways to think of technology and prevent its negative effects. To Support the Podcast: https://www.worldviewconversation.com/support/Become a Patronhttps://www.patreon.com/worldviewconversationFollow Jon on X: https://twitter.com/jonharris1989Follow Jon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldviewconversation/Our Sponsors:* Check out Noble Gold and use my code HARRIS for a great deal: npr.orgSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conversations-that-matter8971/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Talking Without Callers BothThe Age of Transitions and Uncle 3-1-2024 AOT #415It does matter who wins the upcoming American presidential election. Donald Trump is not simply running by himself. He has the backing of a massive evangelical political apparatus. Topics include: No Phone Lines, Propaganda Has Changed, Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society, Donald Trump, presidential election, American Autocracy Threat Tracker, dictatorship, Christian Nationalism, alternative media bias, prejudice, powers behind Trump campaign, Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, cults, Center for Renewing America, theocracy, spiritual warfare, Truth Movement corruption, and co-optation, Tea Party, Ron Paul, the cult of personality, Christian take on conspiracy material, Alex Jones, mainstream conservative politics, MAGA, the battle within Republican Party, America First, geopolitics, great powers competition, Cold War, world war, Israel, Russia, international use of culture wars, China invasion of Taiwan, US domestic turmoil, new US Civil War, law and order, the crackdown on political protestsUTP #325Uncle and Sidekick make it through a show by talking. Topics include: new show with a flag, no calls, chat room, guests, internet famous neighbors, Party People, 1755, colonial America, Ohtani, LA Dodgers, NFL Combine, VHS tapes, thrift stores in Coachella Valley, local store owners, Beef People, Vegas oddsFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/''FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLIhttps://ochelli.com/donate/New Membership Options To Support Ochelli.com Radio and get More RARE content Than Ever Before!!BASIC MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP$10. USD per MonthSupport Ochelli & in 2024Get a Monthly Email that deliversThe 1st Decade of The Ochelli EffectOver 5,000 Podcasts by 2025BASIC + SUPPORTER WALL$150. USD one time gets the sameAll the Monthly Benefits for 1 Yeara spot on The Ochelli.com Supporters WallSIGN-UP @https://ochelli.com/membership-account/membership-levels/Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli

It actually does matter who wins the upcoming American presidential election. Donald Trump is not simply running by himself. He has the backing of a massive evangelical political apparatus.  Topics include: no phone lines, propaganda has changed, Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society, Donald Trump, presidential election, American Autocracy Threat Tracker, dictatorship, Christian Nationalism, alternative media bias, prejudice, powers behind Trump campaign, Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, cults, Center for Renewing America, theocracy, spiritual warfare, Truth Movement corruption and co-optation, Tea Party, Ron Paul, cult of personality, Christian take on conspiracy material, Alex Jones, mainstream conservative politics, MAGA, battle within Republican Party, America First, geopolitics, great powers competition, Cold War, world war, Israel, Russia, international use of culture wars, China invasion of Taiwan, US domestic turmoil, new US Civil War, law and order, crack down on political protests

John and Maria discuss two issues that dominated the news last week, the biased replies from Google Gemini and a new study that finds married couples are the happiest. Recommendations Abigail Shrier on Freedom in an Age of Fear Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf    Segment 1: Has AI Gone Woke? Breakpoint Forum: The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence Google hopeful of fix for Gemini's historical-image diversity issue within weeks  Google Gemini Controversy Explained: AI Model Criticized by Musk and Others Over Alleged Bias  The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul  The Way of the (Modern) World by Craig Gay The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind by Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean Segment 2: Polls Show Married People Are Happiest Why you should get married Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization by Brad Wilcox The hidden social justice issue Wedded Bliss is True, not Trendy  Brad Wilcox on X __________ Subscribe to get the latest What Would You Say? videos at whatwouldyousay.org/subscribe. 

Bethel Seminary dean Dr. Peter Vogt has a second conversation with pastor/theologian Chris Ganski about what artificial intelligence might mean for the church. Part 1 is episode 27. Resources mentioned in this episode: Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society Andy Crouch, The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World. Craig M. Gay, Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal   Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course! Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

I sit down with Ted Lewis to discuss the work of Jacques Ellul and his views, on technology, Christianity, civilization, and transpersonal agency. Ted Lewis is Executive Director of the International Jacques Ellul Society. Full bio: https://restorativechurch.org/about-ted-lewis/ International Jacques Ellul Society: https://ellul.org/ The Ellul Forum: https://ellulforum.weebly.com/ Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/JIsypT45UVM List of books shown on screen: - The Technological Society, by Jacques Ellul - The Secular City, by Harvey Cox - The Empire of Non-sense, by Jacques Ellul - The Humiliation of the Word, by Jacques Ellul - The Ellul Forum - I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, by René Girard - The Space Trilogy, by CS Lewis - The Technological Bluff, by Jacques Ellul - The Technological System, by Jacques Ellul - The Abolition of Man, by CS Lewis - Presence in the Modern World, by Jacques Ellul — Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Preview 00:01:15 - Intro music 00:01:40 - Introduction 00:02:40 - Jacques Ellul's warning 00:05:40 - Ellul's influences 00:06:56 - Biblical images of the city 00:09:03 - Ellul's suspicion of imagery 00:10:45 - Reconciling the word and image 00:12:41 - Ellul: Principalities and powers 00:19:10 - Symbol and the lie 00:24:55 - The positive Image in Scripture 00:31:34 - Ellul now: The Technological Bluff 00:37:26 - The Tower of Babel 00:41:10 - That Hideous Strength phrase 00:43:12 - The divine council 00:50:50 - Ted's work and advice in the modern world 00:56:17 - Closing words —

Given the strike of Hollywood actors and writers, it is an apt time to reflect on our use of media and entertainment. A quote from Neil Postman's class book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, can guide us. "Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death." [Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death (pp. 3-4). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.] We may want to pull away from entertainment, especially focusing on the moving image, and immerse ourselves in reading unelectrified books in pursuit of a more Christian mind and way of taking in the world. As Paul exhorts us: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:1-2). Consider the biblical warnings about images, as discussed by Postman.  "In studying the Bible as a young man, I found intimations of the idea that forms of media favor particular kinds of content and therefore are capable of taking command of a culture. I refer specifically to the Decalogue [Exodus 20:1-18], the Second Commandment of which prohibits the Israelites from making concrete images of anything. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water beneath the earth.” I wondered then, as so many others have, as to why the God of these people would have included instructions on how they were to symbolize, or not symbolize, their experience. It is a strange injunction to include as part of an ethical system unless its author assumed a connection between forms of human communication and the quality of a culture. We may hazard a guess that a people who are being asked to embrace an abstract, universal deity would be rendered unfit to do so by the habit of drawing pictures or making statues or depicting their ideas in any concrete, iconographic forms. The God of the Jews was to exist in the Word and through the Word, an unprecedented conception requiring the highest order of abstract thinking. Iconography thus became blasphemy so that a new kind of God could enter a culture. People like ourselves who are in the process of converting their culture from word-centered to image-centered might profit by reflecting on this Mosaic injunction. But even if I am wrong in these conjectures, it is, I believe, a wise and particularly relevant supposition that the media of communication available to a culture are a dominant influence on the formation of the culture's intellectual and social preoccupations." [Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death (p. 9). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.] Recommended reading1.    Douglas Groothuis, “Television: Agent of Truth Decay,” Truth Decay (InterVarsity, 2000).2.    Jacques Ellul, The Humiliation of the Word (Eerdmans, 1985).3.    Herman Melville, Moby Dick.4.    Kenneth Myers, All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture (Crossway, 1989).5.    Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death (Penguin, 1985)6.    Francis Schaeffer, The God Who is There (InterVarsity, 1968). Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary and the author of nineteen books, including Fire in the Streets (a critique of critical race theory or wokeness) and Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. Find more from Dr. Groothuis at www.DouglasGroothuis.com. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Recently Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, proposed The National Strategy for Social Connection Act. The bill has three parts. Part one would create a White House Office of Social Connection Policy to advise the president on the epidemic of loneliness and develop strategies to improve social connection. Part two would mandate the federal government to develop an official, national Anti-Loneliness strategy across all federal agencies. Part three would send more funding to the CDC for the study of the mental and physical effects of loneliness.   The bill itself exemplifies the clunkiness and inefficiency that characterizes the work of the government: a new office will be formed, then an office will be placed inside that office, and that office will advise and send money to yet another office.  To be fair to Senator Murphy, America is facing a very dangerous loneliness epidemic that is quickly becoming a public health crisis. Rates of suicide, homicide, depression, self-harm, crime, and social isolation are at all-time highs. These trends are correlated with loneliness, which researchers have found can be twice as detrimental to our physical health as obesity.   Even if well-intentioned, there are two fundamental problems with Senator Murphy's legislation. First, no program, government or otherwise, that does not first understand what it means to be human can hope to combat the growing pandemic of loneliness. Second, there are some problems that the government with its clunkiness simply cannot address.   It is a very modern belief, as Jacques Ellul so clearly described in his writing on the rise of “technocratism,” that all problems can be solved through the proper application of technique and the effective use of technology. This illusion only contributes to the expansion of state power. After all, who else can be trusted to properly apply the technologies that promise to solve our problems?  Under this illusion, there is less and less room to look to God for help. Consequently, there is less and less concern for how He created the universe, including human beings, to function in the first place. If there's no real motivation to seek out our intended design, there's even less reason to seek out the Designer, and on and on it goes.   This same faulty assumption is at the root of Senator Murphy's proposal. Like a lot of political solutions, creating a government office to combat loneliness assumes human beings are less like God and more like problems to be solved. If we can just get the technique right, by setting up the right system at scale, we can “reboot” all these lonely humans back to their factory settings so they'll stop making so much trouble.  Of course, because that's not what humans are, no government program will ever be able to regenerate the fallen human heart.  Though the state cannot solve all problems, it can incentivize and disincentivize certain behaviors. For example, many social welfare programs disincentivize marriage. No-fault divorce policies disincentivize long-lasting marriages. Legalized abortion incentivizes (or at least de-stigmatizes) risky sexual behavior. Calling same-sex relationships legal “marriage” reduces marriage from being the basic unit of social society and the source of healthy population growth into little more than “two people who like each other ... at least for now.”  The reality is that healthy, intact families are the single most effective tool to combat loneliness. Yet with every one of these policies, the government has weakened family stability. Any proposed legislation to “fight loneliness” that doesn't mention the cancer of fatherlessness in this country just isn't serious.  Senator Murphy has written elsewhere about the connection between loneliness and the breakdown of institutions like the family, churches, sports clubs, and civic clubs. But the physical act of walking through the doors of a church or civic center or YMCA will not magically relieve loneliness. Institutions foster deep relationships because they call people to devote themselves to things outside themselves. People form deep bonds with others when they are devoted to something bigger together, and that devotion also gives them a reason to put up with each other. This is an important but overlooked factor in a cultural moment in which we're often encouraged to “get rid of toxic people” in our lives, as if human relationships should never experience conflict or tension.   Loneliness is a public crisis because people are lonely. People are lonely because their hearts were made for relationships with others and with God. If the government really wants to “solve loneliness,” its money would be better spent hiring whomever it planned to lead the Department of Social Whatever and telling them to instead pick up the phone, start dialing, and tell the person who answers to get married, have kids, go to church, and call their mom.   This Breakpoint was co-authored by Maria Baer. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org. 

Modern views on how future technology is likely to change our lives range from bloviatingly aspirational visions of utopia to musings on whether the latest advancement in AI will destroy humankind in our lifetime or merely enslave us all in Matrix-style battery capillaries.  Yet debates on whether technology is a neutral tool for our benefit or a near-unstoppable force leading us to a particular destiny are nothing new.  In 1964, French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul wrote The Technological Society, in which he argued technology had a totalizing effect that could potentially dehumanize our world in its never-ending effort to make all things efficient and “useful”.   While he's somewhat critical of Ellul's determinism, this episode's guest—Jason Thacker—gleans much wisdom from Ellul's warnings.  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis and Jason Thacker discuss competing views of technology and how they might help us for a foundation for dealing with the technological challenges we face in our digital public square.   About Jason Thacker From https://jasonthacker.com/ Jason Thacker serves as an assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Boyce College in Louisville, KY.  He also is a research fellow in Christian ethics and director of the research institute at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.  He is the author of several books including Following Jesus in the Digital Age and The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity.  He also serves as the editor of The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society and co-editor of the Essentials in Christian Ethics series with B&H Academic.  He is the project leader and lead drafter of Artificial Intelligence: An Evangelical Statement of Principles, and his work has been featured at Slate, Politico, The Week, USA Today, Christianity Today, World Magazine, The Gospel Coalition, and Desiring God.   He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies.  He also holds a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is currently a PhD candidate in ethics, public theology, and philosophy.  He serves as an associate fellow with the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, an advisor for AI and Faith, fellow in science and technology at the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Seminary, and a research fellow with the ERLC Research Institute.  He is married to Dorie and they have two sons.   You can follow Jason on Twitter @jasonthacker   About The Digital Public Square Brooke was one of the contributing writers to the recently published book The Digital Public Square.  In The Digital Public Square, editor Jason Thacker has chosen top Christian voices to help the church navigate the issues of censorship, conspiracy theories, sexual ethics, hate speech, religious freedom, and tribalism.  Many of the contributing writers (David French, Bonnie Kristian, Bryan Baise, and Brooke Medina) have been prior guests on the Saving Elephants show.  

SYNCHRONICITY PART 3 JUNE 23, 2023      AARON SMITH      SEASON 1      EPISODE 52 SHOW NOTES:Today, in Episode 52, we finish up the series covering Jacques Ellul's book, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes. We cover the difference between vertical and horizontal propaganda, why it is significant, and what the implications are. We also consider the way advances in information technology have augmented and accelerated the impact propaganda has on our lives. Suggested Reading:Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes- Jacques EllulThe Crowdsourced Panopticon- Jeremy WeissmanThe Rape of  the Mind- Joost MeerlooThe Crowd: The Study of the Popular Mind- Gustav Le BonFeel free to email me at subtlecain@protonmail.com with any questions or suggestions. Your support is always appreciated!Substack Articles:https://subtlecain.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileYou can support the show in these ways:GiveSendGo: https://www.givesendgo.com/thesubtlecainpodcastVenmo: https://venmo.com/u/subtlecainSupport the showYou are valued, you are loved, and you are worthy.

From social media, to the printing press, to artificial intelligence, to the pencil, technologies have often been regarded as things that can't be good or bad apart from how people choose to use them. Jason Thacker doesn't think any technology is merely a neutral tool, because as people use technology to shape the world, it also shapes them and their culture. Jason Thacker serves as an assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Boyce College in Louisville, KY. He also is a research fellow in Christian ethics and director of the research institute at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of several books including Following Jesus in the Digital Age and The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity.  He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. He also holds a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is currently a PhD candidate in ethics, public theology, and philosophy.  Show notes:  00:26 What is technology? 04:25 Jacques Ellul on "technique" and how technology forms us 08:19 Two views of technology: instrumentalist and deterministic 16:05 Optimism, pessimism, and realism about technology 22:27 Some tools don't have good uses 28:23 A biblical theology of technology? 31:54 Technology and the vulnerable Show notes by Celina Durgin

SYNCHRONICITY PART 2 MAY 07, 2023      AARON SMITH      SEASON 1      EPISODE 50 SHOW NOTES:Today, in Episode 50,  we continue to evaluate Jacques Ellul's thoughts on the topic of propaganda. We dive into Propaganda of Agitation and Propaganda of Integration. This is a very complex and nuanced topic and the more we learn about how these different mechanisms are employed against us, the better equipped we will be recognize and reject attacks on our minds. States of Emergency:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_in_the_United_StatesCorbett Report on Propaganda:https://www.corbettreport.com/?s=propagandaFree PDF of Jacques Ellul's book:https://archive.org/details/Propaganda_201512Feel free to email me at subtlecain@protonmail.com with any questions or suggestions. Your support is always appreciated!Substack Articles:https://subtlecain.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileYou can support the show in these ways:GiveSendGo: https://www.givesendgo.com/thesubtlecainpodcastVenmo: https://venmo.com/u/subtlecainSupport the showYou are valued, you are loved, and you are worthy.

n°296 / 7 mai 2023.Connaissez-vous notre site ? www.lenouvelespritpublic.frUne émission de Philippe Meyer, enregistrée au studio l'Arrière-boutique le 14 avril 2023.Avec cette semaine :Patrick Chastenet, professeur en sciences politiques et spécialiste de l'écologie politique.Isabelle de Gaulmyn, rédactrice en chef du quotidien La Croix.Béatrice Giblin, directrice de la revue Hérodote et fondatrice de l'Institut Français de Géopolitique.Lucile Schmid, vice-présidente de La Fabrique écologique et membre du comité de rédaction de la revue Esprit.ÉCOLOGIE ET POLITIQUEPatrick Chastenet, vous êtes professeur émérite en sciences politiques à l'Université de Bordeaux et membre du Centre Montesquieu de recherches Politiques. Spécialiste des idées politiques, vous vous êtes notamment intéressé aux thèmes ressortissants de l'écologie politique, de la pensée personnaliste, de la communication politique et de la propagande, ainsi que des mouvements libertaires. Vous collaborez à divers périodiques et présidez l'Association internationale Jacques Ellul, intellectuel que vous avez connu personnellement, qui est devenu votre ami et dont vous êtes devenu l'un des principaux spécialistes dans le monde.En février 2023, vous publiez aux éditions « L'échappée » votre dernier ouvrage, Les racines libertaires de l'écologie politique, dans lequel vous analysez la pensée de grandes figures de l'écologie politique : Élisée Reclus, Jacques Ellul, Bernard Charbonneau, Ivan Illich et Murray Bookchin. Il s'agit, selon vous, des véritables fondateurs de l'écologie politique, qui ont en commun de penser l'écologie tout en préservant la liberté. A l'issue de cette investigation historique, il apparaît que la doctrine écologiste a tissé des liens étroits avec les pensées anarchiste et catholique, plusieurs des auteurs évoqués étant liés au christianisme.Votre ouvrage soulève des questions d'une grande actualité, alors que les formes que doit prendre la lutte écologique sont au cœur des préoccupations nationales. Après le rassemblement organisé par les opposants aux bassines agricoles à Sainte-Soline, la polémique reste vive sur l'usage de la violence par les forces de l'ordre, comme sur les actions radicales des militants écologistes, ou encore la dissolution du mouvement écologiste « Soulèvement de la terre » engagée par le ministre de l'Intérieur. Périodiquement, la nécessité urgente d'une action contre le changement climatique est rappelée à l'opinion publique. Le 20 mars, le GIEC publiait la synthèse de son sixième rapport d'évaluation. Elle fait état d'une intensification « sans précédent » de ce changement climatique et appelle les politiques à une action rapide et coordonnée. La loi Climat et résilience d'août 2021 a déçu beaucoup des militants car elle n'a repris que 15 des 149 propositions de la Convention citoyenne sur le climat. Une partie des activistes y a vu une confirmation de l'impuissance de l'État.Marie Tondelier, récemment élue à la tête du parti Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV), a lancé au début du mois de février les « états généraux de l'écologie ». Ce processus de démocratie participative, qui, en 150 jours, ambitionne de repenser les bases du parti afin de lui permettre de rassembler un million de sympathisants d'ici 2027, contre 11.000 adhérents à ce jour. La nouvelle secrétaire nationale du parti EELV défend pour sa part l'idée d'une « écologie populaire », source d'émancipation pour tous et en particulier pour les plus précaires. Plus généralement, les préoccupations environnementales ont été reprises par l'ensemble du spectre politique et opposent de multiples courants de pensée divisés entre un environnementalisme réformiste, confiant dans le progrès technique, et une écologie plus radicale et décroissante. De son côté, l'extrême droite tente de conjuguer la préservation de la biodiversité avec la défense de l'identité. Au-delà de ces mouvements ou de ces partis, de votre point de vue, de quoi devrait-on parler quand on parle d'écologie ?Vous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Part of a series, "Right-Winging It": https://bit.ly/RightWingingIt Kruptos is a family man and ex-pastor with a passion for French philosopher Jacques Ellul. We talk about Mass Formation Psychosis, theology, sociology, and I get punked by my kitty. Read Kruptos: https://apokekrummenain.substack.com Follow Kruptos: https://twitter.com/_kruptos Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calmversations/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calmversations/support

SYNCHRONICITY PART 1 APRIL 23, 2023      AARON SMITH      SEASON 1      EPISODE 49 SHOW NOTES:Today, in Episode 49,  we take some time to refresh on the topic of propaganda. I will share some common techniques and start diving into Jacques Ellul's book on the topic. In this series, we will also approach the hypothesis that technological advancements have facilitated a synchronization of methods and forms of propaganda that dissolves previous borders. "Propaganda ceases where simple dialogue begins"-Jacques EllulThe International Jacques Ellul Society:https://ellul.org/Feel free to email me at subtlecain@protonmail.com with any questions or suggestions. Your support is always appreciated!Substack Articles:https://subtlecain.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileYou can support the show in these ways:Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/subtlecainSupport the showYou are valued, you are loved, and you are worthy.

Today's show looks at Jacques Ellul's 'Those whom God wishes to destroy He first Makes Mad' from his book The Betrayal of the West. Tom introduces the topic by looking at how civilizational self-contempt became a defining orientation of Western cultures once it took a nihilistic and idolatrous turn from the Christian vision. Once culture lost its ground and aims in true transcendence the meaning and purpose at the heart of things was eclipsed and everything become seen as limiting and oppressing the only cultural value left: absolute autonomy. The guys join the discussion with fascinating insights into how irrationality and madness now largely define the times. Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry’s The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

Today's show looks at Jacques Ellul's 'Those whom God wishes to destroy He first Makes Mad' from his book The Betrayal of the West. Tom introduces the topic by looking at how civilizational self-contempt became a defining orientation of Western cultures once it took a nihilistic and idolatrous turn from the Christian vision. Once culture lost its ground and aims in true transcendence the meaning and purpose at the heart of things was eclipsed and everything become seen as limiting and oppressing the only cultural value left: absolute autonomy. The guys join the discussion with fascinating insights into how irrationality and madness now largely define the times. Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry’s The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

Today's show looks at Jacques Ellul's 'Those whom God wishes to destroy He first Makes Mad' from his book The Betrayal of the West. Tom introduces the topic by looking at how civilizational self-contempt became a defining orientation of Western cultures once it took a nihilistic and idolatrous turn from the Christian vision. Once culture lost its ground and aims in true transcendence the meaning and purpose at the heart of things was eclipsed and everything become seen as limiting and oppressing the only cultural value left: absolute autonomy. The guys join the discussion with fascinating insights into how irrationality and madness now largely define the times. Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry's The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

University of Texas at Austin faculty member Sam Woolley, whose expertise focuses on the use of propaganda in new media and emerging technologies, chats with Trey Elling about MANUFACTURING CONSENSUS: UNDERSTANDING PROPAGANDA IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION AND ANONYMITY. Topics include: The book's goal (1:12) How propaganda initially came to be (2:20) Jacques Ellul's influence on Sam's belief's (6:05) Defining computational propaganda (8:55) Social media bots (12:43) ChatGPT (16:06) Governments loving Facebook & Reddit for computational propaganda (17:53) Propaganda-bred apathy (20:55) Democratizing propaganda being bad for democracy (22:39) Why social media is bad for civil discourse (24:41) What he's taken from recent #TwitterFiles & congressional testimony revelations (28:04) Treating social media companies as public utilities (31:07) If its possible to quantify the number of social media bots (34:02) Encrypted messaging like WhatsApp as a propaganda tool (38:23) The danger of automated political influencers (41:56) How journalists have been crucial in Sam's understanding of political bots (45:28) Journalists leaning on social media posts for articles (48:33) Journalists using bots for good (49:29) Bots writing news stories (51:24) ChatGPT usage at the college level (52:52) China using social media to spread propaganda abroad (57:29) Why Sam is still optimistic about the future (59:00)

The book I expected to read would present all the ways in which human communities in the digital age are dealing with a decentralized authority structure, how any given woman or man might jump on the Internet, either through a browser or a social-media program or by some other means, and encounter half a dozen figures, all competing for status as authorities on the question at hand, disagreeing with each other not on marginal matters but on the most important, most central parts of the public policy or scientific finding or the political tension at hand. The book I expected to read would look at all that and warn me about the dangers of a post-truth world. Peter K. Fallon takes a look at the same stew of unstable sources and says, “How cool is that?” His new book Propaganda 2.1 from Cascade Books draws from the rightly-renowned examinations of Jacques Ellul and then launches forward, never denyinig the dangers of citizenship in an Internet context but also looking at the genuinely good possibilities that emerge. Christian Humanist Profiles is glad to welcome Dr. Fallon to the show.

In this episode, CJ discusses 12 authors who (in his opinion) deserve to be more widely known & read among libertarian/anarchist/etc type people. Most of these authors would not actually identify as "libertarians" or "anarchists," but all have a strong independent streak & have at least some views & attitudes that overlap with libertarianism and/or anarchism. Furthermore, all of them are great writers in their respective genres. Join CJ as he discusses: Montesquieu Alexis de Tocqueville Jose Ortega y Gasset John Dos Passos Jacques Ellul Jane Jacobs Gore Vidal Edward Abbey Mike Resnick James C. Scott Kirkpatrick Sale F. Paul Wilson And stay tuned to the end of the episode for information about CJ's upcoming course at Renegade University! Sign up to take CJ's course, "The Decline & Fall of Empires," at Renegade University. (And use the coupon code "dangerous" to get 50% off!) Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! (Sign up for $50 or more per month to join the DHP Book Club, among many other benefits.) Kick in to CJ's ongoing Indiegogo campaign! (Kick in $500 or more to join the DHP Book Club, among many other perks.) CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links "Anarchism and the Morality of Violence" by Edward Abbey (As of this recording, CJ hasn't read this, but he very much intends to) "The meaning of Timothy McVeigh" by Gore Vidal (a very interesting article first published back in 2001) DHP Ep. 0087: Grain and the State (an old DHP episode that was very heavily influenced by the work of James C. Scott) DHP Ep. 0094: British Bric-a-brac (Audio version of CJ's grad school research paper from the 2005 research seminar he took on modern propaganda, which is where he first encountered Jacques Ellul's Propaganda & is when he first began studying propaganda in a systematic, scholarly fashion) DHP Ep. 0141: Draining the Swamp: The War on the Everglades (This episode, plus CJ's Rise of the Cane Kingdom 2-part series, illustrate an environmental historical example of an attempt by government to impose artificial order on a natural system that had evolved under conditions of emergent order, and the disasters that resulted) DHP Ep. 0143: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 1 (part 1 of a 2-part mini-series) DHP Ep. 0152: Discussing Mike Resnick's Santiago in the Dusty Den DHP Ep. 0153: Mike Resnick (An interview with the late, great scifi author conducted just over 2 years before his death) DHP Ep. 0226: Emergent Order vs. Imposed Order (This Silver Bullet episode reflects the influence on CJ's thinking of Jane Jacobs & James C. Scott, among others.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Intelligent, educated men and women are at times the most susceptible to propaganda and fertile fallacies. Educated citizens have a tendency to keep up with the news, taking for granted that what is being told to them is verifiable and accurate - at times not giving a second thought as to whether or not that information is meant to mislead or misdirect their passions and actions. This has become even more of an issue in today's ghettoized landscape of social media. Those that are active on social media choose what news providers they will hear from or what ministry leaders they will follow -- without a second thought as to whether or not they might be the ready targets of propaganda. Michael O'Fallon explores the problematic nature of today's informational landscape by pointing back toward the French Post-structuralist, Jacques Ellul, and provides a warning to examine our strategies and responses with discernment and care. https://sovereignnations.com Support Sovereign Nations: https://paypal.me/sovnations https://patreon.com/sovnations Follow Sovereign Nations: https://sovereignnations.com/subscribe/ © 2022 Sovereign Nations. All rights reserved.