This week, I came across two videos that portray our technological future in pretty dark, but really interesting tones. Both play with the idea of “progress” and ask questions about what will happen if we go “forward” or “backward.” Revolution: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Our Technological World
One of the key dangers of media is that you can get so engrossed within its universe, that you miss important things happening in the world around you.
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Problem Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle says you can’t measure something without altering it. Last night, I had dinner with dear friends and in those sweet moments when the kids did something cute, we stopped, got out our phones, launched the camera … Continue reading
Facebook’s Problem Researchers at Western Illinois University recently published study in the the journal Personality and Individual Differences that shows a direct link between people who have “socially disruptive narcissism” and those who “had more friends on Facebook, tagged themselves more often, and … Continue reading
Last week, I had the privilege of spending a few days in Istanbul, Turkey talking to pastors about technology, faith, and evangelism. There were only about 70 people in attendance, but since Turkey around 4,000 believers those men and women represented an fairly sizable portion … Continue reading
It’s another new year, one that is sure to be full of predictions about Mayans, American presidents, and technology. Below are the technologies that I think will be the most powerful shapers of Christian spirituality in the next 360 or … Continue reading
While out shopping with my kids last week, the toy phones caught my eye. I let the kids play with a toy guitar while I rearranged them in roughly chronological order. The original candy bar phones are still available (far … Continue reading
Mashing Play-Doh Last weekend, my kids and I whipped up some home-made Play-Doh. It’s not too hard – all you need is flour, salt, oil, water, cream of tartar, and whatever colors of food coloring you want, and you become … Continue reading
Like most social network users, I have occasionally given in to the temptation to post something that I later ended up regretting. The rush of being the first, of saying something funny or edgy, got the better of me. Within … Continue reading
Just wanted to point you to an interview I did over at Church Marketing Sucks: So why isn’t technology neutral? Doesn’t how we end up using technology matter more? The reason so many people believe “technology is neutral” is that … Continue reading
