Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation

“It’s a manifestation of intense greed,” she says, indicating a partial point in favor of my thesis, and “it’s replaced religion in many ways,” specifying its propensity to drain followers’ time and resources.

starting companies frequently struggle inwardly, waiting for a crisis to seek help.

the less we allow ourselves to rely on one another, the less we trust one another.

The self, rather than representing a human being with an emotional life who deserves acceptance simply for being alive, is treated like an external product to be marketed, invested in, and sold.

but that day in San Jose, I saw an analog technological solution that required both desperation and plucky initiative. these people, in one of the richest areas of the richest country in the history of the world, were so individually and collectively disenfranchised, over such a long period of time, that they effectively set up their own refugee ca

given that literal billions of dollars have been invested in facial recognition tech in recent years, much of which has been for the purported purposes of fighting crime and preventing dangerous behavior, is it really so unrealistic to think that social work—not exactly known as the most highly paid of professions—could prevent crime more effective

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.

human communication is seen as an increasingly sophisticated effort not simply to send messages but to maintain society through “the representation of shared beliefs.”

But I don’t see much humanity or value in it. And you know, even the most commercial religion has values that