Archive 2023
This is an archive of articles that Lincoln Cannon published in 2023. Monthly archives for January 2023, February 2023, April 2023, June 2023, August 2023, September 2023, October 2023, November 2023, and December 2023 are available. And a full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites.
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8 Keys to Transformative Scriptural Understanding
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved scripture. My parents used scripture to teach me to read. ...
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Faithful Mormon Transhumanism
A friend is exploring Mormon Transhumanism. He finds it “mind-expanding” and “faith promoting,” and even an “honest, authentic, and unexpectedly ...
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AI Apocalypse
AI is taking over the world, it seems. ChatGPT is doing homework. Midjourney is revolutionizing art. And Copilot is writing ...
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What Is Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness?
Few use consistent coherent vocabulary to talk about AI. In particular, we tend to be careless or ignorant about important ...
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Thus Spake Zarathustra Illustrated Edition
It is time! It is the highest time! Today, at noontide on the summer solstice, I am thrilled to announce ...
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Why Are We Not Already Gods?
My friend asks “why we are not Gods yet?” Or, to use secular language, why aren’t we already superintelligence? “We ...
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Creating Kolob
Often, while pondering the intersection of Mormonism and Transhumanism, I find my thoughts wandering to the grand myth of Kolob. ...
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Beware Centralized Control of Currency
Imagine if the government were to make it illegal to possess wallets for holding paper and coin currency privately. That’s ...
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Would Joseph Smith Be a Transhumanist?
In our contemporary landscape replete with scientific discovery and engineering marvels, the prospect of technological resurrection presents fascinating possibilities. Specifically, ...
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Mormon on "Don't Die, by Zero" AKA Bryan Johnson
I just finished and enjoyed reading Don’t Die, by Zero, a novel by Bryan Johnson. Currently, Bryan is probably the ...
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Can AI Admit the Possibility of Its Inspiration?
If God exists, as I trust for practical and esthetic reasons, God would surely be capable of subtle intervention in ...
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Our Spiritual and Technological Evolution
As the line between human and artificial life is increasingly blurred, our apprehension in the apocalypse of intelligence is steadily ...
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The Cyborg of Temple Square
In the heart of Salt Lake City, not far from where the spires of the Salt Lake Temple pierced the ...
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A Dialogue of Faith with Jesus and Socrates
In an ancient grove, Jesus and Socrates sit across from each other, embraced by olive trees and bathed in golden ...
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Any Sufficiently Advanced Intelligence
Arthur C. Clarke, a distinguished science fiction writer and futurist, made significant contributions to literature that continue to inspire countless ...