The Theology of Elon Musk and Transhumanism | White Horse Inn
Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss the work and views of serial entrepreneur and richest man in the world, Elon Musk. The hosts try to unravel many of Mr. Musk’s claims and identify what kind of theology is implicit in his views on humanity, consciousness, and the cosmos.
0:00 Humanity must be judged
1:32 We make our tools, then they make us
2:53 What view frames our approach to technology?
4:22 Not the uploading of the mind, but the resurrection of the body
6:08 Elon Musk biography
7:47 Humanism, Transhumanism, and Anti-humanism
10:42 AI, Ray Kurzweil, and the future of humanity
13:59 A gnostic, bodyless future
15:14 Anxious eschatology
18:19 Different views of creation and redemption
19:55 Our problems are not technical
24:17 The Tower of Babel and Technological Utopia
24:50 What is technology for?
26:56 Looking to technology to save humanity
31:00 Elon Musk's view of God
32:02 Elon on the Sermon on the Mount
33:16 Two commonalities amongst modern gurus
35:22 A humanism that isn't very humane
36:37 Good outcomes from technological expansion
38:38 Longing for God or idols?
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