CHT Welcome 2 of 3: The 6 Tenets of Humane Technology
1. My goals in life are mere intentions, not attachments. I will focus on the struggle, the journey.
2. Conformity of thought and deed is more comfortable than freedom. But I will question everything, and think and act for myself.
3. I will turn away the narcotic snares of tech distraction that steal my time and attention in exchange for my freedom o... See more
2. Conformity of thought and deed is more comfortable than freedom. But I will question everything, and think and act for myself.
3. I will turn away the narcotic snares of tech distraction that steal my time and attention in exchange for my freedom o... See more
Tech humanists approach tech with a single purpose in mind: to improve our individual and collective aptitude for building a loving world. We judge our creations by that standard alone.
Greg Epstein • Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
We must instead take steps to extract the good from these technologies while sidestepping what’s bad. We require a philosophy that puts our aspirations and values once again in charge of our daily experience, all the while dethroning primal whims and the business models of Silicon Valley from their current dominance of this role; a philosophy that
... See moreCal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
from Ashley Zhang:
the longer I spent seeking answers on how to flourish, the more I recognized that the challenges we face are both systemic and philosophical. People cannot flourish if our institutions, structures, and beliefs are hostile to it — and yet, the onus is placed on individuals to resist pernicious incentives in order to craft a goo... See more
41 Questions For The Technologies We Use, and That Use Us
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