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.
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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.
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June 25, 2026
Let Him Have Thy Legos Also - [Essay]
<p dir="ltr"><strong>I.</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">If you don't live in Utah, you may not have heard that the Great Salt Lake is in trouble. It's been rapidly dwindling in size and depth, and while it's never going to disappear entirely (though look at the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea">Aral Sea</a>), there are always issues when an environment goes through a rapid transformation. The big worry is that the lake will become so salty that even brine shrimp and brine flies can no longer survive. This would eliminate a major source of food for migrating birds, while at the same time a shrinking lake also removes the wetlands they use for mid-migration habitat. There are other potential problems as well, but you get the idea.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">I'm old enough to remember when we were having the opposite problem, when the lake was so high that it threatened I-80 (the stretch west of SLC), the SLC airport, and various communities and businesses perched around the edge of the lake. This was in the mid-80s and my father worked at one of those businesses. This particular business would take lake brine, pump it into shallow ponds, allow the water to evaporate away, and then harvest the minerals left behind. Their big cash product was potash, which is used in fertilizers. The rising lake threatened to flood their carefully managed pond system, so it was a real ongoing crisis for my father back then. </p> <p dir="ltr">After a couple of years of hard fighting, the lake eventually won. The outer dike was breached and lake water flooded into the pond system, completely wiping out the productive capacity of the business. It was a dark day...</p> <p> </p>
June 17, 2026
The Desecration of Man - Say No to Nietzsche
<p><strong>The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity</strong></p> <p>By: Carl R. Trueman<br /> Published: 2026<br /> 256 Pages</p> <p><br /> <strong>Briefly, what is this book about?</strong></p> <p>In the standard story of the transition from the premodern to the modern, the world has gradually been disenchanted. Depending on who you are, this is either a good thing, a sad thing, or a mixed thing.</p> <p>Trueman's contention is that disenchantment has, over the last few decades, transitioned to desecration. In his telling, the modern world hasn't just outgrown the sacred, it's rebelled against it. Much like a headstrong teenager might revel in doing the opposite of what his parents expect, society has come to celebrate the transgression of things that were previously deemed to be holy. </p> <p>These transgressions are not only a source of rebellious pleasure, but more critically, they provide a way to make the person feel superior to the divine. Violating rules and norms allows one to feel above them.</p> <p>Why is this important? Because (pulling in Nietzsche) having rejected God, men now need to become gods, and this is one way to do it. But these transgressions, rather than elevating men, debase them. We see this debasement in everything from the sexual revolution down through assisted suicide and IVF. In the end Trueman claims one can either accept Christianity root-and-branch or engage in full-on Nietzschean self-creation, but that there is no middle ground, no cultural Christianity, no stable progressive moral creation. It is either one extreme or the other.</p> <p><strong>What authorial biases should I be aware of?</strong></p> <p>Trueman is, himself, a root-and-branch Christian, so he definitely favors one side over the other. </p> <p><strong>Who should read this book?<br /> <br /></strong>...</p>
June 9, 2026
Four Books on the End (Or at Least the Plateauing) of Civilization
<ol> <li> <p><strong><a href= "https://www.wearenotsaved.com/i/201287711/1177-bc-the-year-civilization-collapsed"> 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by: Eric H. Cline</a></strong></p> </li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"> <p><strong><a href= "https://www.wearenotsaved.com/i/201287711/1177-bc-a-graphic-history-of-the-year-civilization-collapsed"> 1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed by: Eric H. Cline and Glyinnis Fawkes</a></strong></p> </li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"> <p><strong><a href= "https://www.wearenotsaved.com/i/201287711/the-permanent-problem-the-uncertain-transition-from-mass-plenty-to-mass-flourishing"> The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing by: Brink Lindsey</a></strong></p> </li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"> <p><strong><a href= "https://www.wearenotsaved.com/i/201287711/the-coming-storm-power-conflict-and-warnings-from-history"> The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History by: Odd Arne Westad</a></strong></p> </li> </ol>
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