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> It's worth having deep conversations about the impact and value of technology in modern society. It's also hard to take a sermon seriously when it's being pre
by ChickeNES 1mo ago
> It's worth having deep conversations about the impact and value of technology in modern society. It's also hard to take a sermon seriously when it's being preached by a hypocritical curmudgeon.
Yes! Making informed decisions about technology is vital, but when his writings appear to boil down to "technology bad, old things good", well, why bother to even engage when there are better thinkers out there?
- mbeddedartistry 1mo agoYou have never heard of him before now, but feel confident in boiling down his large body of writing and laying judgment on the quality of his thought?
- ChickeNES 1mo agoYes, and I have seen nothing in this thread, nor on Wikipedia, to change my mind
- anthonyrstevens 1mo agoThe point of this thread/discussion is not simply to render a snap uninformed judgement on the (made-up, reductionist) premise of "technology bad, old things good".