We are now launching
the BHC Lives 1st Teams & Networks of Safety Nets Program.
Its purpose is to “empower people to create overlapping sources of Safety
Nets, which will increase order and decrease chaos.” We will use this
model. Each of the circles represents centers of different sources of chaos.
The first kind is linked to the Bible. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/7a5e18f876fe/identifying-primary-sources-of-chaos-in-america-today
I was a
banker before I became a preacher and later the co-founder of the Biblical
Heritage Center. Banking is in my blood and when financial markets go crazy,
that always gets my attention. So that’s what I have been doing instead of writing
these emails. Interestingly, I discovered something I had been looking for in
my biblical research as I analyzed a bunch of financial statements. Continue at
- https://mailchi.mp/6400a9329d78/order-of-chaos-the-choice-is-ours-to-make
In the modern world we want to know precise definitions and be able to view comprehensive legislation. However, the cultures of the scribes of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, and the Israelites shared a “way of thinking” that is unknown to us. Their writings have “lists of legal sayings” that are “aspective.” The first story in Genesis contains some of the most important aspects. Continue to read at - https://mailchi.mp/39ada9d32222/identifying-key-aspects-to-discover-wisdom-and-create-order
Why do
we do the things that we do?
Robert Morris Sapolsky, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at
Stanford University, has spent a career doing research on that question. I am sharing this information with you to
simply make you aware of these very important facts. The
information he provides also relates to the limitations of algorithms. Having
an awareness provides a degree of protection from predators lurking in
cyberspace. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/614bd571a1b0/facts-about-our-relationships-and-futures-with-algorithms
It is not
clear what Americans mean when they talk about God. Yet references to God are
everywhere. It is the rare presidential speech that doesn’t end with “God bless
America.” The phrase is all over bumper stickers and billboards. The Pledge of
Allegiance informs us that we are “one nation under God,” and U.S. currency
assures us that “in God we trust.” Yet the philosopher Charles Taylor offers an
important caveat. “Belief in God,” he writes, “isn’t quite the same thing in
1500 and 2000.” The main difference is that belief in God used to be assumed. Now,
it is consciously chosen. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/328c67cb89c0/protecting-our-minds-from-predator-algorithms-and-polluted-information
The earlier
internet was a human-driven relevance engine, shaped by live interactions
between people. But as social media evolved, algorithms began to drive the
engine. Today they gather identity signals of others and deliver them precisely
to those whom they can alarm and agitate the most. Algorithms are rewriting
the cultures in which we live. Culture guides what is right and wrong
and what our customs, traditions, laws, and values should be. Continue reading
at - https://mailchi.mp/c655fd05eb95/algorithms-are-rewriting-our-cultures
Before: In 1983, 90 percent of what Americans called
the news, plus other things they saw, watched, and heard were controlled by 50
corporations. After: By 2012, 6 corporations controlled 90% of
what Americans called the news, plus other things they saw, watched, and heard
on traditional media – plus social media with data abstracted from the banks
of every computer in the human system. Continue reading at – https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/edit?id=6740924
