A reflection on Technology – May 15th, 2019
I was born at a unique time I suppose. I was dropped onto this world right in the middle of the video game industry crash of 1982. I have been on a computer since I was a toddler, booting floppy disks on the commodore 64 at that age (so my mother tells me). My first video games were on cassette tape. I can never remember a time in my life without technology. I didn’t see my first cell phone till my senior year. I bought my first cell phone in 2001.
I have watched technology grow by leaps and bounds, yet I remember life before it became such a huge part of it. Even the wife and daughter stare at their phones more than I would like. I work in IT, running the help desk for a small telephone company, so I have to have one, but it lives in my bag most of the time. I would much prefer a smart watch.
Technology has improved the ease of communication in the world. but I think its overall quality of communication has diminished as well. We are farther apart as a people, and I have to wonder what the impact of technology on our relationships with other people is.
Yet, if technology can separate us from other people with artificial interactions, then how so can the same seperate or distance us from Christ. While I believe that technology is a great tool, it is also a double edged sword. If we are not careful, if we are not mindful about our technology and the part in plays in our lives, it very well may supersede our humanity.
