Religion as a Weapon

Religion as a Weapon

Last year we saw Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) begin a deliberate campaign of terror. While countries like Saudi Arabia have used beheading as a execution method what they didn’t do was film it and use the material in a public relations campaign....
Immortals vs The Precariat

Immortals vs The Precariat

In 2005 I wrote an article about a future in which immortal machines will rise. It outlined how computers will become so advanced they will overtake the capability of humans. The conclusion that this will occur was difficult to avoid given everything we knew about...

Christians no longer the majority

The census held in March 2013 shows that the majority of New Zealanders are not Christian. In the lead up to the census the NZARH conducted a radio campaign educating people to be honest about their religious affiliation. It encouraged people to tick ‘no...

The Bootstrap Problem

With threats such as resource exhaustion and global warming facing humanity there is a non zero chance that our modern civilization will not last the distance, and may in fact collapse. It would of course not be the first time a civilization collapsed. Other...

Terminal Decline of Christianity

The results of the 2013 New Zealand Census has Christianity down to 47 per cent. Retired scientist, Ken Perrott’s, accompanying graph charts Christianity’s decline in every recent census and projects its decline to just above 20 per cent by 2030 and...