God and the Chip
Religion and the Culture of Technology
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Social Aspects, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Computers
| Author: | William A. Stahl | ISBN: | 9781554587933 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | August 3, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William A. Stahl |
| ISBN: | 9781554587933 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Publication: | August 3, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Language: | English |
Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unacknowledged mysticism, an implicit religion. By not acknowledging this mysticism, we have become critically short of ethical and intellectual resources with which to understand and confront changes brought on by technology.
Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unacknowledged mysticism, an implicit religion. By not acknowledging this mysticism, we have become critically short of ethical and intellectual resources with which to understand and confront changes brought on by technology.
