Technology

” a mother in Oregon is suing… arguing that their respective applications have caused her fourteen-year-old daughter to become so addicted to her phone that ‘she would get very physical, violent, verbal with me’ when the mother attempted to take her daughter’s phone away.” -

“…in just that way, social media can be used for such good and such ill. It can display human beings at their best and worst, their most gracious and most condescending, their most humble and most prideful.” - Challies

“Without leaving his home in Richmond, Virginia, he was soon floating in a 3D outer-space wonderland of pastures, rocky cliffs and rivers, as the avatar of a pastor guided him and others through computer-generated illustrations of Biblical passages that seemed to come to life as they prayed.” - RNS

“If there are no spiritual and ethical boundaries in the minds of the brilliant people developing this technology, there is indeed much to fear.” - CPost

“Mandrell said employees will continue to work remotely the majority of the time and will come to the building for collaborative work. With Lifeway’s work-from-anywhere culture, he said they decided to forgo a traditional office-space model” - BPNews

“To paraphrase Italian philosopher Paul Virilio, when you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck (insert train, car, plane, rockets, electricity, etc.). In other words, there are always negative effects created along with positives. It’s never either/or. It’s both/and.” - Acton

“If we’re going to love our neighbors as ourselves on social media, which is my topic for these two days in chapel, we’re going to have to reckon with the role that our loves play in our reason.” - Mark Ward

“Visitors are welcomed by quotations from French artist Lucile Olympe Haut’s ‘Cyberwitches Manifesto,’ which urges readers to, among other things, ‘use smartphones and tarot cards to connect to spirits’ and ‘manufacture D.I.Y. devices to listen to invisible worlds.’” - Breakpoint

“I have been shaped by a world largely without invasive technology and one with it. I can relate to both sides and appreciate the values/characteristics that each provides.” - Jack Lee

“A scholar of Christian spirituality argues that prayers are meant to bring together a faith community – something apps aren’t likely to achieve.” - RNS