The Crapture: Transhumanism and Christianity
Dystopia Now12 Kesä 2025

The Crapture: Transhumanism and Christianity

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This week, we explore the growing relationship between Christianity and transhumanism and how they may be merging in the MAGA movement into an end-times fantasy that can satisfy everyone!

Surveillance, Policing, and Immigration Tech

Waymo Faces Data Privacy Protests in Los Angeles
https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-data-privacy-protests-los-angeles/

Waymo's Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes
https://gizmodo.com/waymos-driverless-cars-revealed-to-be-narcs-as-cops-use-them-to-probe-crimes-2000590426

Los Angeles ICE Raids Spark Concerns Over Immigration Conditions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-ice-raids-immigration-conditions

Democrats Face Backlash Over Resolution Thanking ICE
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-gratitude-resolution-backlash-2084004

Trump Leans on Palantir to Build Massive Database of Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

Greta Thunberg
https://x.com/GozukaraFurkan/status/1932462605928464469

AI, Religion, and the Tech-Spiritual Convergence

Machine Learning MAGA: Rise of the Christian Cyborg
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/machine-learning-maga-rise-of-the-christian-cyborg/

Silicon Valley's Obsession with AI Looks a Lot Like Religion
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/silicon-valleys-obsession-with-ai-looks-a-lot-like-religion/

AI's Spiritual Delusions Are Destroying Human Relationships
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

Excerpt from The Rapture of the Nerds
https://www.npr.org/2012/08/24/159996462/excerpt-the-rapture-of-the-nerds

Three Out of Four Pastors Believe God Can Work Through AI
https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech-gaming/three-out-of-four-pastors-believe-god-can-work-through-ai/

Faith Sermon AI Generator
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Free AI-Powered Sermon Generator
https://speechgenerator.co/free-sermon-generator/

AI Sermon Generator Tool by Vondy
https://www.vondy.com/ai-sermon-generator--sAqpPa5L

Christianity and the Tech Elite Are Merging in San Francisco
https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/09/christians-tech-religion-sf/

In Silicon Valley, Christianity Finds a New Following
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/business/silicon-valley-christianity.html

Joe Rogan, Tech Bros, and the Rise of Austin Church Culture
https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/joe-rogan-austin-church-bros-20349767.php

Why Elon Musk and Other Tech Leaders Are Embracing Christianity
https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-says-hes-a-cultural-christian-why-some-leading-thinkers-are-embracing-christianity-233601

The Real Origins of the Religious Right
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

Julian Huxley: The Man Who Put Eugenics Into UNESCO
https://aeon.co/essays/julian-s-huxley-the-man-who-put-eugenics-into-unesco

Centrism, Tech Politics, and Abundance Ideology

Dispatch from Welcomefest: Centrism, Abundance, and the New Tech Politics
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/welcomefest-dispatch-centrism-abundance/

Nuclear Armageddon and Christianity

Castle Bravo: The Largest U.S. Nuclear Explosion
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/castle-bravo-the-largest-u-s-nuclear-explosion/

'Armageddon View' Prompts a Debate Among Evangelicals and Policy Experts
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/24/us/armageddon-view-prompts-a-debate.html

Armageddon: Reagan-Era Beliefs and Political Impact
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/10/24/armageddon/8b364a1c-fadc-41e1-b2d1-b262aa08eb46/

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Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis

Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis

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Sam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning Eyeballs

Sam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning Eyeballs

Become a member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we begin to explore the mystery that is Sam Altman of Open AI. We cover the AI Doomer coup, Sam's Worldcoin metal orb that ...

10 Huhti 202552min

Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin

To become a Patreon subscriber and hear our bonus eps: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we talked about Curtis Yarvin and his vision of CEO/Monarchies, Network States for Tech Bros-- in...

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The Effective Altruists and the "Abundance" Movement

The Effective Altruists and the "Abundance" Movement

This week we talked about the "Abundance Agenda" and it's roots in the Effective Altruism movement.  A network of think tanks, Silicon Valley billionaires, and centrist pundits are getting all riled u...

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Peter Thiel Part 1

Peter Thiel Part 1

In this episode, we explore Peter Thiel's villain origin story. From his budding commitment to being an edgelord at Stanford to developing the theory that girls ruined everything by voting. Seasteadin...

20 Maalis 202559min

Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will

Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will

This week we are joined by Paris Marx, host of the podcast Tech Won't Save Us and a tech critic, journalist, author, and international speaker. We talked about Silicon Valley's changing influence in p...

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Patreon Preview: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk)

Patreon Preview: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk)

To hear the rest of this episode, become one of our Patreon supporters at https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow For this bonus episode we were joined by comedian Kenice Mobley to talk about the differen...

11 Maalis 20255min

The Tech Right with Jacob Silverman

The Tech Right with Jacob Silverman

This week our guest is Jacob Silverman, and independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The New Yorker & The New Republic. He's the co...

5 Maalis 202537min

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