Lincoln Cannon

I’m happy to be here with you, at the 2024 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, in the morning of a day that promises to illuminate our imagination, perhaps even to spark action....

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/04/the-second-war-in-heaven.html

This Easter morning, while thinking about the hope of resurrection, a friend reached out to me with questions about Bible descriptions of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He had asserted to some...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/03/aspire-to-embodied-immortality.html

Consequent to discussion about epistemology at a meetup of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, a friend asked me to remind her of my definitions of “truth” and “good.” This article will...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/03/what-is-true-and-good.html

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published some statements about artificial intelligence (AI). The Church is by far the largest Mormon denomination – and that of which I’m a me...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/03/church-on-artificial-intelligence.html

After watching a demonstration of Sora, Tyler Perry canceled plans for an $800 million expansion of his movie studio. “It’s shocking to me.” Sora is an AI that converts text into video. It�...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/02/how-to-harness-future-shock.html

During Sunday School, I led the congregation in a discussion about chapters 16 through 18 of First Nephi in the Book of Mormon. While preparing for and during the discussion, I was again inspired...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/02/great-works-begin-with-small-tools.html

Philosophers and scientists have pursued truth for at least millennia. Most seem to want something rigid that we might associate with “the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” But I conten...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/01/practical-power-of-created-truth.html

Humanity will soon embark on an unprecedented journey – or at least our technology will soon go where none of it has gone before. As described by Pam Weintraub writing for Aeon, someone will pr...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2024/01/cosmic-expansion-driven-by-mormon-transhumanism.html

Arthur C. Clarke, a distinguished science fiction writer and futurist, made significant contributions to literature that continue to inspire countless dreamers and thinkers. Clarke’s ability to...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2023/12/any-sufficiently-advanced-intelligence.html

In an ancient grove, Jesus and Socrates sit across from each other, embraced by olive trees and bathed in golden light from the slowly setting sun. Socrates’ gaze is penetrating. Jesus’ regar...

https://lincoln.metacannon.net/2023/12/a-dialogue-of-faith-with-jesus-and-socrates.html