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Three human dilemmas not resolved by Technology, Billy Graham TED talk (1998)

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In 1998, Billy Graham was 80 years old. He was invited to give a TED talk in California. This video is almost 30 minutes long, but I hope you will make the time to consider his words. He speaks to those on the front lines of technology and ideas. He speaks of a man from ancient Israel who benefited from the technological revolution known as the Iron Age, David (king of Israel at that time). And he notes that technology has still not solved 3 of mankind's greatest dilemmas: -human evil, -human suffering, -and death. But he notes that David has written about these problems, and that he found a resolution for them in his belief in God. Rev. Graham goes on to note many famous names in modern history, each one having their own personal religious beliefs, but each one wrestling with these same human dilemmas. Rev. Graham highlights that they all have in common this wrestling, and encourages his listeners, pioneers in ideas and in technology, to consider these human dilemmas, even as th