Thomas and Sam discuss new Macbooks and the problem with trying to count your followers in relation to your success.
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Year: 2016
Episode 91: Letâs Talk About Bob Dylan and Evanglicals
In which Thomas and Sam discuss Bob Dylan and Evangelicals.
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Episode 90: No Bread, No Bag, No Money
Thomas and Sam discuss titles, office spaces, new jobs, being unplugged from the hive mind during the work day, and everyday carries (along with some deep philosophical ideas you’ll have to stick around for).
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Episode 79: Thinking Religion 89: Do You Want To Talk About Pants? – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam discuss pants, button down collar dress shirts, briefcases, leather goods, and the role of religion in political rhetoric.
- Levi 541
- Hillary Clinton writes Op-Ed in LDS Paper
- Fewer and Fewer Americans Vote With Religion in Mind | Boston Globe
- Many Americans Hear About Politics from the Pulpit | Pew
- Views From the Pulpit Tend to Favor Hillary Clinton | NYT
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Episode 78: Thinking Out Loud 121: Even Superheroes Have Flaws – Thinking.FM
Show Notes
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Episode 77: Thinking Religion 88: Snapchat is the New Oral Tradition – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam, along with guest host Roshan Abraham, discuss Jonahâs presumptive bisexuality, Classicsâ past present and future, Ephesus as the ancient 4chan, roles of the public intellectual, autobiographical memories, textuality, authority, and Bernie vs. Hillary sexism.
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Silicon Valleyâs Hippest Church is Going Public | Buzzfeed
- Twitter is the strange new kingmaker of the 21st century | Quartz
- THE AUDACITY OF COPYING WELL | Stratechery
- Hillary Clinton Just Chillinâ in Cedar Rapids
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Episode 76: Thinking Out Loud 120: What World is This? – Thinking.FM
Show Notes
- Star Wars Lack of Messaging | Stack Exchange
- Star Trek Technology | Forbes
What are Merianna and Elisabeth reading this week?
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Episode 75: Thinking Religion: Trading Places – Thinking.FM
Most Christians are Republicans and a few liberal ones are Democrats (or something like that). That’s been the conventional thinking for the past few decades, especially with the rise of the Moral Majority and Evangelical movement going back to the late 60’s and early 70’s. However, the election of 2016 is pointing to a possible shift in perception of this old adage. Are we seeing a role reversal where the Democratic Party becomes the party of patriotism, American Exceptionalism, and faith while the Republican Party becomes the party of angst, cynicism, and Russian influence? We discuss the last two weeks of both parties’ conventions and why that role reversal might just be the case.
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Show Notes
- The Real Plot Against America | NYT
- Donald Trump’s AMA | Reddit
- Tim Kaine Takes Back Faith for The Democrats | The New Yorker
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The Democratic convention’s most surprising argument: Christianity is a liberal religion | Vox
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Marsbot Is Your New Scarlett
But Marsbot is important for other reasons, too. She represents a different kind of bot than the ones you see in Facebook Messengerâââone thatâs proactive rather than passive. Sheâs not a chatbot, but an interruptive bot. Crowley says that most other bots are in the model of Aladdinâs lamp: you invoke them and the genie appears. Marsbot is more in the Jiminy Cricket mode, hanging over your shoulder and chiming in when needed.
Source: Marsbot Is Dreaming of You â Backchannel
I’ve been testing out Marsbot the last few days, and I’m seriously impressed. I’ve been using the Ozlo bot for my random food suggestions based on location, time, preferences etc… and I’ve been happy with Ozlo.
However, Marsbot has something unique going on… it’s not a bot that waits for you. Rather, it’s proactive. If you’ve seen Her, you know immediately what I’m talking about.
Plus, it’s based on Foursquare’s accumulated data over the years, which is immense. Plus, it works in your text messaging app (iMessage if on Apple) where you’re used to getting personal updates or messages rather than going into another app on your device.
Messaging bots are going to be big and change the way we do computing and think of computers.
Take notice, churches đ
Episode 74: Thinking Baptists 21: Welcoming Visitors to Your Church – Thinking.FM
Thinking Baptists
Merianna and Sam discuss the notion of hospitality and how various churches welcome (or don’t) visitors and strangers into their worship services.
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