{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"With or against the grain of God's design","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4177,"description":"Everyone's chasing the algorithm. More clicks, better thumbnails, optimised titles, short-form funnels. So what does a Christian do with all of that?\nJoel and Tim start with football, Real Madrid vs Barcelona, identity, rivalry and what success actually means, and end up somewhere and end up with a biblical framework for thinking about metrics of success in a world that rewards inflammatory, clickbaity and often dishonest content.\nAlong the way they work through the cultural mandate in Genesis 1 and 2, the trifecta of good, true and beautiful, Proverbs' wisdom about living with the grain of God's design, and whether Christians should be on these platforms at all — or whether the algorithm has simply evangelised us instead.\nIf you're wrestling with digital content, social media, and what faithful presence online actually looks like, enjoy!\nTimestamps\n00:00 Intro: trains, voyages and retractable stadium pitches\n05:40 Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Real Madrid, Barcelona and what success actually means\n17:55 Chasing the algorithm: what ChatGPT says about podcast success\n24:45 The cultural mandate: why content creation starts in Genesis\n32:00 Good, true and beautiful: a biblical filter for everything you make\n42:30 Should Christians be on these platforms at all? McLuhan, Haidt and the pub analogy\n51:30 The quiet revival and Tim's takeaway\nDiscussed on this episode\nReal Madrid's retractable pitch\nTottenham Hotspur's retractable pitch\nFear and Loathing in La Liga, by Sid Lowe\nThe Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt\nIndistractable, by Nir Eyal\nThe Sirens' Call, by Chris Hayes\nAmusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman\nThe Medium is the Message, by Marshall McLuhan\nCross Formed Kidmin Podcast\n\nSubscribe, leave a review, and send your thoughts to Joel at joel@shockabsorber.com.au","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xefvzfzzrkbs1GjU01qCch0kUaJzwBthG2qO_sgqCm8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg4NjYvMTU4NTEz/OTEyOS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}