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Materialism: A Civilizational Diagnosis

In the 19th century, Baháʼu'lláh described a rising materialism as a "devouring flame." A century later, in the 1950s, Shoghi Effendi expanded on this, diagnosing its role in fueling global crises. This talk traces the arc of this force, showing how it now operates through today's predictive algorithms and AI. By connecting these spiritual insights with landmark scholarship, we will journey from the industrial "iron cage" to the digital one that surrounds us, aiming to better see the water in which we swim. Dr. Kamran Sedig is a professor at Western University, Canada. His Ph.D. was in human-computer interaction design and children’s education. His M.Sc. was in artificial intelligence. And his B.Sc. was in computer engineering and science. His current research is interdisciplinary, at the crossroads of computing, human-information interaction, visualization, cognitive science, and medical informatics.