Tech Reformation

There's been a ton of controversy around Alex Jones and web platforms such as Apple, YouTube and Twitter either banning or not banning the conspiracy theorist and expert provocateur. We delve into his backstory and the controversy to get you some facts, then give our opinions on whether this was all justified or not! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Alex Jones - Wikipedia Developers developers developers! - YouTube Monster Energy is the Devil! - YouTube All the platforms that have banned Alex Jones so far - TechCrunch Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Les Lanphere joins the show to talk about his new movie he's Kickstarting, Spirit & Truth, as well as gives some of his thoughts regarding worship and technology! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Les Lanphere - Twitter Spirit & Truth - Kickstarter Calvinist The Reformed Pubcast Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Craig Elliss Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

We're talking about 3D printed guns! We go through the backstory of this turning point in firearm history and talk about how this changes things going forward. And also, we probably shouldn't panic. For now. Sponsor: Valley Vintage - Soaps, balms and oils made the Vintage way. Links 3D Printed Guns (Documentary) - VICE The history of the 3D printed gun saga, up until recently - All3DP Internet Publication of 3D Printing Files About Guns: Facts and What's at Stake - EFF Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Craig and Derek talk about gamification this week, and discuss whether it should have any place in parenting. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Kids are Master Manipulators. So Use Game Theory Against Them - Wired Gamification to improve our world: Yu-kai Chou at TEDxLausanne - YouTube Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Craig Elliss Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Ben and Derek get together to finally hash out the Tech Neutrality debate once and for all. And it turns out to have a pretty happy ending! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Notes 39: Does Tech Make you Dumb? Derek: “All technology can be good or bad. But it’s not necessarily a question of good or evil. All technology can be good and evil, but its never neutral. We always have to think about that technology in and of itself affect culture in a particular way. [Gutenberg + iPhone]. It can’t possibly be neutral as a technology, and it’s not necessary good or bad, but we have to keep in mind that these things change our lives. We just want to make sure that they are changing them in the way that we want them to. Thinking critically about technology is part of redeeming technology. And yeah, that’s just very important.” So, I would not say that it is neutral. “Realizing that technology is not neutral suddenly changes the entire way that you think about technology.” 40

We had the opportunity to interview Adam Holz this week, a senior editor of Plugged In, to talk about their process for reviewing and categorizing content, the moral dilemma of reviewing bad content to warn others, and looking forward at the future of the website! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Plugged In Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

As Silicon Valley's grown bigger and liberal ideology has dominated the tech sphere, there's been a lot of talk about Christians eventually being pushed out of the conversation altogether by methods of persecution or discrimination. This week we talk about 3 situations that could be perceived that way, and make our own judgements! Sponsor: Valley Vintage - Soaps, balms and oils made the Vintage way. Links Demonitization of Dr Michael Brown - The Christian Post Really, Facebook?? - Adam4d's Twitter Facebook apologizes for threatening to censor the Babylon Bee - The Federalist Adam4D's take - The American Conservative The lack of an Easter Google Doodle - Patheos Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Craig Elliss Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with

Google recently put out a list of principles they plan to follow in applying AI technologies. Where do our worldviews align and separate when it comes to such important technology, and why does it matter? Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Google's AI principles - Google What is AI? - ZDnet Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts - Bloomberg Zeitgeist Lex, Rex Helvetic, An Episode 43 Law of Lesser Magistrates The Lightest Form of Flogging Helvetic, A Podcast Set To Learn Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast David Mikucki Ryan Tankersley Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Tinder has always been a hot topic from its inception, and we talk about it this week! What effects does Tinder-style judgement have on us and the culture, and what does the Bible say about it? Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Why people use Tinder - Psychology Today Should Christians use Tinder? - Eternity News Bible References 1 Samuel 16:7 2 Corinthians 5 1 Corinthians 1:27 James 2:1-5 Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Ahhhh, the WWDC keynote, the Super Bowl of Apple watchers. So we made like a sports this week and drafted our favorite things from the keynote! Sponsor: Valley Vintage - Soaps, balms and oils made the Vintage way. Links WWDC Keynote - YouTube Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast David Mikucki Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and star us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Ever been stuck on a decision and just needed other people to break the tie? We talk about that this week in reference to spiritual decisions or beliefs. Should crowdsourcing our beliefs be a thing in any way? Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Rachael Starke joins us this week to talk about the way distance learning is affecting seminaries, and how we should use technology in light of the incarnation. Thanks to Rachael for joining us this week! @rachaelstarke on Twitter The Thinkings of Things LinkedIn Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Derek Mast Craig Elliss Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Tanya Mast joins Derek and Craig to talk about social media and children. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Tanya Mast Derek Mast Craig Elliss Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Everything's all about Google's developer keynote! Skynet's calling our hairdressers, our news is getting less echo chamber-y, and self driving cars might actually be a thing for real now! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Google I/O 2018 Keynote in 14 min - The Verge Google I/O 2018 Keynote Unabridged - Google From Pizza to Girl - YouTube Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

So you've probably been getting emails recently asking you to accept terms and conditions or maybe to resubscribe to a mailing list. That's thanks to GDPR! What is it? What does it do? And how does Scripture speak on the subject of privacy? Sponsor: Valley Vintage - Soaps, balms and oils made the Vintage way. Links GDPR details - Digital Doughnut Scripture References Luke 12:2-3 Jeremiah 23:24 Proverbs 12:23 Matthew 10:26-28 Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

We've all watched the movie now, so we give our initial impressions and dive into the worldview espoused by Ready Player One. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Ready Player One - Wikipedia Would you take the red pill or the blue pill? - Michael Kruger Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

We talk about an article from The Gospel Coalition about keeping tech in its proper place. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links The Proper Place of Technology - The Gospel Coalition Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Apparently kids still get bored, even with the entirety of the internet in their hands. We talk about that, plus, how should we deal with boredom as Christians? Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Gen Z is already bored with the internet - The Daily Beast Scripture Proverbs 6:6 1 Timothy 5:13 Proverbs 26:14 John 9:4-5 Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Military AI, the human tendency to collect, and reminiscing about old and fun, yet perhaps a little too addictive, past-times. Sponsor: Valley Vintage - Soaps, balms and oils made the Vintage way. Links Should AI researchers kill people? The Toys that Made Us - Netflix RuneScape Mobile Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

#hashtag #lifehaxx for getting less addicted to your phone, and we ponder what is genuinely worth your attention. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Links Phones are designed to be addicting - Vox Portmanteau Is the answer to phone addiction a worse phone? - New York Times 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You - Amazon Marriage in Light of Eternity - Amazon Ways to Contact Us Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Hosts Craig Elliss Derek Mast Ryan Tankersley Ben Robin Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!