Don't Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too

It seems as if we have gotten so sloppy in our efforts to connect with people that we have forgotten about what it is we are connecting to.

Our phones in some ways have made us superhuman. As far as feedback, who on Earth isn’t hopelessly reprogrammed by the feedback loops of our social media? So we’re different. But that’s ok, isn’t it? Let’s try to slow down the dangerous language lamenting the fact that we are not human any more. We are cyborgs, and that means learning to love and t

Social media is a portable version of you and your values. A digital doppelgänger that interacts with the internet on your behalf, even after you have logged off or left a service.

The mountains of information we receive in a single moment make it next to impossible to think at times, so we often reduce all decisions down to basic data.

The problem is not the mountains of data you process, nor is it a lack of filters for your information. No, our challenge is that we are using legacy software, our reptile brain, with our newest app, the neocortex. This is exactly where technology should swoop in to aid us. The problem is that the data presented to us every day is filtered by techn

We value speed of processing over depth of computation.

Our brains and the contemplative nature of our neocortex, the hard-wiring that searches for meaning or even spirituality, is missing from today’s computers. Most disturbingly, it is not being considered for the future either.

“Stop valuing your schedule and start scheduling your values.”

We don’t need a virtual reality, we have a reality. We don’t need innovation, we need compassion. We don’t need to fix the problems of the world with technology, we need to fix technology with our human spirit.