Hundreds of German Protestants attended a church service in Bavaria that was generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence. The service was created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the University of Vienna english.elpais.com/science-t…
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Such a great report of what has been happening at Asbury University. God is doing amazing things- excited to see this movement spread! I believe this will be a catalyst for a move of God across N.A. and the world. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
THREAD: I spent the last week attending several international conferences (all Chatham House Rule) in Washington DC, meeting over 100 people from >30 countries.
A few takeaways on: (1) Russia-Ukraine, (2) the global economy, (3) China, (4) U.S. power, (5) emerging tech:
One relevant trend from the Aussie election for international folks is that mandatory voting in Oz reveals the emerging complexity of contemporary electorates. There is no major trend, rather multiple trends bouncing off each other. Interplays between global and local events.
Crucially it also hides the actual reality that our societies have become incredibly complex and diverse. So this is not an argument for voluntary or compulsory voting. But rather the insight that Australia’s system shows more accurately our contemporary cultural complexity.
It also shows that the diverse and complex reality of contemporary nations means that binary two party systems will increasingly struggle to form unifying consensus. Fragmentation and patchwork populaces are the reality beyond polarisation.
The environment is now clearly the cut through issue. The lived reality of environmental disasters appears to have shifted more conservative electorates on climate issues.
abc.net.au/news/2022-05-22/e…
Election results confirming everything below. Australia has not polarised but rather is well into a kind of patchwork political reality which reflects our diversity & complexity. The post war structure of the country which supported two parties has not only shifted but splintered
Australia moves into the political Grey zone.
Rather than moving into a loud polarisation such as seen in the United States, Australia is experiencing a quiet fragmentation.
The new dynamic of decentralisation playing out in an older federal system.
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