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In this clip from The Eric Metaxas Show, writer and podcaster Andrew McDiarmid and Eric Metaxas discuss how storytelling is different from today's digital idea of information. "Digital technology is a download," says McDiarmid. "But a good storyteller reveals things in time." Metaxas points out that those who don't believe in a diety tend to take on the role themselves. "If there is no God, we are just atomized bits of information, there's no meaning, no grand narrative. Therefore we can become gods ourselves." Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/iuqxpmoheyk This interview is based on McDiarmid's latest article in the New York Post detailing the mental benefits of thinking in the digital age: https://nypost.com/2022/12/31/the-one-new-years-resolution-to-make-for-2023-per-experts/ Andrew McDiarmid is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. His writing on technology and culture has appeared in the New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Daily Wire, The American Spectator, Technoskeptic Magazine, and elsewhere. He is host of the long-running music and culture podcast Simply Scottish. Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Bonhoeffer, and many other books, including Is Atheism Dead?, Martin Luther, Amazing Grace, and Letter to the American Church. He has written more than thirty children’s books, including the bestsellers Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving and It’s Time to Sleep, My Love. He is the host of Socrates in the City, and the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show.

Is there any benefit to just thinking? And how do we reclaim our freedom from Big Tech and tech gadgets in the digital age? Writer and podcaster Andrew McDiarmid discusses these issues and more with author, radio host, and cultural commentator @EricMetaxas. On an episode of his popular daily radio show and podcast, Andrew and Eric offer valuable tips on how to detangle yourself from dependence on technology and become a tech boss to unleash your full potential. This interview is based on Andrew's latest article in the New York Post detailing the mental benefits to be gained by thinking: https://nypost.com/author/andrew-mcdiarmid/ Andrew McDiarmid is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. His writing on technology and culture has appeared in the New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Daily Wire, The American Spectator, Technoskeptic Magazine, and elsewhere. He is host of the long-running music and culture podcast Simply Scottish. Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Bonhoeffer, and many other books, including Is Atheism Dead?, Martin Luther, Amazing Grace, and Letter to the American Church. He has written more than thirty children’s books, including the bestsellers Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving and It’s Time to Sleep, My Love. He is the host of Socrates in the City, and the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Eric's Introduction 01:53 Addicted to Distraction 04:59 Knowledge & Wisdom Are Different 06:18 A New Research Study on Thinking 07:48 The Need for a Sabbath / Inner Life 10:37 Cut the Apps, Reduce Your Dependence 15:17 The Benefits of Various Types of Thinking 17:18 Jacques Ellul & Phenomenon of Technique 24:51 Braveheart & Randall Wallace 29:23 Storytelling Is Antithetical to Digital Download Idea 33:36 The Story of Braveheart 39:17 Affirming Our Freedom in the Digital Age

In this clip from the Simply Scottish podcast, Braveheart writer and successful filmmaker Randall Wallace recounts his humorous early experience directing farm animals for a show at the Opryland theme park. Though humbling and corny, the gig taught him how to write dialogue for box-office hit movies and how to manage people on set as a movie director! Watch our full conversation with Randall here: https://youtu.be/mWu5hXJBouo Randall Wallace is the Oscar®-nominated creative force behind the epic storytelling of such critical and box-office hit movies as BRAVEHEART, WE WERE SOLDIERS, PEARL HARBOR, SECRETARIAT, and HEAVEN IS FOR REAL. Simply Scottish is the long-running podcast of Scottish music and culture. Originally a radio show airing in North America and Australia, the podcast is available on all major podcast platforms. Find more episodes and learn more at http://www.simplyscottish.com. Andrew McDiarmid is a writer and podcaster. In addition to hosting Simply Scottish, Andrew is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, where he works on technology, education, and culture. His writing has appeared in the New York Post, Daily Wire, San Francisco Chronicle, The American Spectator, and elsewhere. Find more of his work at http://www.andrewmcdiarmid.org.