I am continuing to read and think about technology and it’s impact on our lives. Here is a quote from Neil Postman’s Technopoly that I thought laid out a wise approach to new technologies. Postman can be alarmist at times, but his evaluation of the way technology has impacted society is helpful. The last phrase in this quote was what struck me.
“Every technology-from an IQ test to an automobile to a television set to a computer-is a product of a particular economic and political context and carries with it a program, an agenda, and a philosophy that may or may not be life-enhancing and that therefore requires scrutiny, criticism, and control.” (p. 184-185)
Often Christians do not spend adequate time doing those last three things that Postman mentions.<>
Not sure if this fits under scrutiny, criticism or control, but here goes: one of the besetting sins of modern technology is its constant autocorrecting of “its” to “it’s” 🙂
Thanks Kenneth :-). I will let my mistake stand as a source of humility for me in my desire to write well.