Evolution Beyond Human

This book is for conservative Christians who have shunned radio and television. These older Infotainment Technologies are being displaced by new categories of devices, and the masses are fascinated and addicted.

This book exposes spiritual and social dangers that are enabled or intensified by Infotainment Technologies. There are also insights from history, applicable teachings from the Bible, and thought-provoking observations from a wide range of writers. General levels of usage are outlined to help conservative groups identify prudent positions.

Facing Infotainment Technologies can help Christians build convictions against entertainments which war against the soul. Our generation must learn to recognize and avoid the pitfalls of ubiquitous digital communication, information, and other internet-based entertainments.

Table of Contents

• Preface

Part I - Civilizations Past: History of Languages and Entertainments

• 1. Building Babel: "Lest We Be Scattered"
• 2. Entertainments: From Trickle to Torrent
• 3. The Early Church Faced Entertainments
• 4. Actors Are Fakes
• 5. Actors Are Idols

Part II - Mennonites Faced Infotainments: Conservatives Resisted Movies, Radio, & TV

• 6. Mennonites Faced Movie Theaters
• 7. The Deception of "Christian" Movies
• 8. Mennonites Faced Radio
• 9. Did Radio Impact Non-resistance in WWII?
• 10. Conservatives vs. Progressive Mindsets
• 11. Mennonites Faced Television
• 12. "God Hath Not Given Us the Spirit of [Cowardice]"
  Radio vs. Internet Drawings
• 13. The Hypnotic Effects of Video

Part III - Internet: Knowledge of Good and Evil

• 14. The Pursuit of Knowledge of Good and Evil
• 15. The Information Age Produces Puffed-up, Shallow, and Cynical Minds
• 16. How Infotainment Undermines Authority Structures
• 17. Texting Culture
• 18. Social Media: Wandering From House to House
• 19. Internet Addictions and Compulsive Behaviors
• 20. Dealing With Tech That Enables Idols and Addictions
• 21. The Internet Lifestyle: Moving to the Meta-City

Part IV - Devices and Connections: Where Do We Stand?

• 22. The Continuing Evolution of Computers
• 23. Conservatives Face the Computer Evolution
• 24. Conservative Software Publishing
• 25. Conservatives Face the Internet Issue
• 26. Conservatives Face the Cellphone Evolution
• 27. Conservative Youth Face a Smartphone World

Part V - Security & Privacy Issues: Surveillance Overpowers God-Consciousness

• 28. Internet Security Issues and Cyber-Persecution
• 29. Internet Privacy Concerns
• 30. Surveillance Overwhelms God-Consciousness
• 31. "What Have They Seen In Thine House?"

Part VI - Transhumanism: Leveraging Moore's Law to The Singularity

• 32. Moore's Law: An Accelerating Evolution
• 33. AI: Computer Programming Goes Beyond Human
• 34. Dataism; Contributing to a "Universal Consciousness"
• 35. Smartphones: Key Step Into Dataism & Transhumanism
• 36. Techno-Trans-Humanism for a Transcended Humanity
• 37. "The Singularity" Deception
• 38. Beyond Human AI Is Not a Neutral Tool
• 39. "Smart" Idolatry
• 40. Future Utopia or Dystopia?
• 41. How Tottery Is the Tower?
• 42. Coming Out of Babylon
• 43. Summarizing this Second Edition
• 44. Keeping God GOD!
• Appendix A: Psalm of the Transhumanist
• Appendix B: Psalm of the God-Conscious