Excellent discussion between Doug Wilson and nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn on the nostr:npub1mlcas7pe55hrnlaxd7trz0u3kzrnf49vekwwe3ca0r7za2n3jcaqhz8jpa.
Three points stood out for me.
1️⃣ Understanding technology as an enabler of wealth helps us in framing our theology of technology (therefore, am I a good steward of technology)?
2️⃣ Futurists are those who see the future that has already happened, but is still hidden from the eyes of the majority due to the blinkers of the current paradigm (therefore, futurism isn't necessarily what big tech futurists have prepared for me, there are other seeds being planted, like bitcoin and nostr, that will also sprout and bear fruit).
3️⃣ When the state sets the rate of taxation above 10%, it elevates itself above God.
It's so true, if there was no hegemony to maintain, no runaway national debt to service, no industrial complex to satiate, no inefficient bureacracy and unaccountable waste to bail out, no money printer to keep the cycle going in an undisciplined and careless manner, the state would manage gratefully on 10% and deliver services for civil society that we probably wouldn't complain about too much.
But leviathan came from jekyll island and seated himself in the place of God.
Selah.