Flickering Pixels — How Technology Shapes Your Faith — by Shane Hipps
We are swallowed by a swarm of unrelated facts accorded equal importance
It is challenging to find meaning and avoid being filled with useless trivia. The subliminal message is that truth is like information, entirely idiosyncratic, mirroring the pattern of our media
If we are not alert, the Information Age may stunt our growth and create a permanent puberty of the mind.
The Internet has a natural bias toward exhibitionism and thus the erosion of real intimacy. “illusion of intimacy,” the illusion of closeness while remaining anonymous with little risk or demand. It provides just enough connection to keep us from pursuing real intimacy. Like cotton candy, spoiling the appetite.
The broad introduction of literacy into an entire culture completely alters the way that culture thinks. Writing restructures the worldview of entire civilizations
