Your claim seems to be that technology failed to improve us in terms of spirituality, ergo it will always fail us. The technology hasn't failed us. People who

Your claim seems to be that technology failed to improve us in terms of spirituality, ergo it will always fail us. The technology hasn't failed us. People who in the past wouldn't have good access to spiritual teachers, have that access now. To give you an example - in the postcommunist Poland, virtually anything besides the catholic church was qualified as sect ~ 15-20 years ago. Thanks to the internet me & quite a few friends were able to read up about buddhism. We could practice meditation long before many teachers arrived, and listen to their teachings as well. Right now, the access to the teachers is so much easier (again - mostly thanks to Google & Facebook Events), but there's also another thing. Apps, like Headspace, helped both me and quite a few friends, get into the rhythm of meditation and spiritual practice. In other words - thanks to the internet, the access to teachers is far, far easier, and people get access to better quality materials. It's also so much safer to go to meetups, or figure out what your kids are into - when I was very young my parents were afraid of sects. Right now a parent can do a quick google to figure out more information about the group the kid is attending to. Finally - even if the technology failed (which it didn't!), it doesn't mean that it would always fail. I'm surprised to see this kind of thinking on HN. As for the article, I don't like it either. It mentions just one kind of a gimmick/gadget, and I don't think this approach (with gadgets that track your brainwaves) is proper. There are better solutions to meditation, Headspace being one of them.