We Are Not Saved
Jeremiah
We Are Not Saved discusses religion (from a Christian/LDS perspective), politics, the end of the world, science fiction, artificial intelligence, and above all the limits of technology and progress.
Episodes
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Jun 11, 2025 • 14min
Reviews of (Mainstream) Religious Books Volume 2
A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural by: Peter L. Berger The Four Cardinal Virtues by: Josef Pieper Analects by: Confucius Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by: Ross Douthat
May 26, 2025 • 20min
Why Write a Book About:Against Superforecasting?
Someone needs to point out the potential problems with superforecasting. For some reason it as fallen to me.
May 17, 2025 • 10min
The Terrors of Immortality
The movement is called anti-aging, not anti-injury. How do people who believe they have a real shot at immortality interact with the phenomena of safetyism?
May 5, 2025 • 29min
Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 6
The Moral Sense by: James Q. Wilson The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (1918-1956) by: Alekandr Solzhenitsyn Stalin's War: A New History of World War II by: Sean McMeekin Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's by: Charles Piller How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain by: Peter S. Goodman Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by: Sarah Wynn-Williams Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by: Dan Sullivan
Apr 17, 2025 • 16min
Horses in 1925 = Children in 2025
Getting people to have more children may be as difficult as getting people to abandon their four-door sedan for a horse and buggy.
Apr 1, 2025 • 21min
Short Fiction Book Reviews- Volume 3
Three translations of a classic, high brow literary fiction, a great book from a friend of and mine then a whole lot of pulp. Also something that might be the beginnings of a book by Neal Stephenson.
Mar 23, 2025 • 33min
The Case Against Superforecasting
Audio for the keystone chapter (Chapter Zero) of the book I'm working on.
Mar 19, 2025 • 7min
What Does the Recent German Election Say About Immigration and Integration
If integration is straightforward how is it that the former East Germany is so different ideologically from the former West Germany?
Mar 12, 2025 • 30min
Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 5
Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification by: Timur Kuran Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by: Scott Horton The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 by: Alexander Solzhenitsyn Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet by: Gernot Wagner & Martin L. Weitzman The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914 by: Philipp Blom The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by: Steven Pressfield
Mar 3, 2025 • 10min
Meta Discussion and Book News
Things are changing. Hopefully in good ways.
