Authors:
Kentaro Toyama
Cyberbullying, Internet addiction, job elimination, the destruction of democracy. Digital technology has never before been accused of causing so much harm; the backlash is severe against the contrast of tech's early utopian promises. Insights → Enlightenment values, of which the digital arguably represents a culmination, tend to focus on external outcomes. → External values have improved external life for some of the world, but they have also caused deep, widespread problems, and digital technologies have contributed to them. → Religion and spirituality's focus on internal values may be what we need to mitigate the undesirable outcomes of technology.…
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