David Greenockle

"David Greenockle Jr. is a pastor, teacher and lecturer whose desire is to see people become truly awakened to the world around them. He holds Master’s Degrees in Education (Gratz College, Philadelphia) and Comparative Religion and Hebrew (Hebrew University, Israel). His academic and professional experience enable him to cast new light upon social issues from a biblical perspective. He is passionate in using the humanities to better understand the human condition in modern times and to aid people in restoring their true humanity in a world of commerce and distraction. David lives in the North-East of the United States with his wife and two daughters."

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

• TMR 178 : Joshua Wisley : Eschaton, Singularity and the Mark of the Beast

• Eschaton 013 - Pursuit of Pleasure in the Digital Age (https://www.spreaker.com/user/mxpw/eschaton-013-pursuit-of-pleasure-in-the-)

• Aldous Huxley's 1962 Berkeley lecture, "The Ultimate Revolution" (https://archive.org/details/AldousHuxley-TheUltimateRevolution)

• Abraham Heschel (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Joshua_Heschel)

• Marshall McLuhan (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan)

• Neil Postman (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postman)

• Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness (1932) (http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html)

• As it turns out, the term "homo technologicus" has been coined: see Kevin Warwick, "Homo Technologicus: Threat or Opportunity?", Philosophies 2016, 1(3), 199-208 (http://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/1/3/199)

Acknowledgements

• Podcast theme music: Moment of Green by Antony Raijekov from Jazz U album (CC BY-NC 2.5), and mixed with the voice of Aldous Huxley from his 1962 Berkeley lecture, "The Ultimate Revolution".

• The short and proportionate excerpt from Aldous Huxley's lecture is included in this podcast for the purpose of commentary alone and thus used in the spirit of Fair Use.
  

• TMR wishes to state that the fact that these creative materials appear in TMR productions should in no way be understood as implying that its creators endorse anything published by TMR.