But work_is_a meaningful pursuit. Mankind was made to work. It is a part of our role in exercising dominion.
The real danger is not the #AI taking our jobs but it is_believing_that machines can do all the meaningful work of a human (as a human would) and then abdicate man's unique call to take dominion and steward the world.
Personally, I think it’s the work of the enemy to make us believe that it’s pointless to work, there is no hope, so why bother trying?
I met with a young kid the other day to mentor him in finding a career. He’s writing off entire industries because he’s been sold this lie that work will cease to exist in these fields.
Maybe it’s true, but I’m very hesitant to believe it as much as the techno optimists do.
Yes. Agreed.
What fields has he written off?
Well, he started our conversation by saying “software developers are going extinct” 💀
Doubtful, though I won't deny that software development will likely be one of the fields experiencing the most creative destruction.
As you mentor him, it would probably be good to also talk through foundational things like biblical anthropology and a theology of work.
Check out some books by Rory Groves too. Might be helpful for him.
Nice, I’ll check it out! I met him because he is the nephew of a friend, who is very involved in our church and is very knowledgeable, so that’s the good news 🙂
Speaking of dominion;do you believe we still have the dominion that God granted to us? Or was it lost in the fall? I've yet to hear a convincing interpretation of this. Any insight?
Amen to working with our hands and doing meaningful work
I am not sure what you mean by granted. God tasked us with taking dominion and subduing the earth. Are you asking whether we still have this duty post-fall?
"And let them have dominion.... ".
Yes. I'm curious if you think we still have dominion after the fall.
Thanks for clarifying.
I believe a proper reading is to see the dominion mandate as still in effect. The arc of Scripture gives testimony to this in various places, including in the New Testament when Christ gives the Great Commission. It is a further layer atop the original dominion mandate, mirroring and building upon the command to be fruitful and multiply.
You may appreciate this article. It deals with some things related to this discussion:
https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/what-biblical-stewardship
As mentioned in it, there is a direct economic and domestic connection to dominion. Many words and concepts we use even today to describe aspects of domesticity have overlapping etymological roots with "dominion". Like the word "domestic" itself, and "domain".
