Importance: 10%
Thesis
Technology is not value neutral. Every piece of technology works to realize a particular picture of human thriving and existence. Therefore it is not outside the realm of theology or applying Scriptural truth.
There is no such thing as a completely “neutral” tool. Even a hammer is made with a particular kind of work in mind.
Related Notes
- Principles for Working with Tech Tools
- Stream of Consciousness on AI, Technostress, and Faith
- Ritual Technology
- Metaphor of the Stream vs the Garden
- Religion of Technology
All tech sells based off of a narrative
Even programming languages each have a unique narrative of what makes them special and what problems they seek to solve
The form factor not just the “function” of technology matters to what categories we use to understand the world around us
Jesus love breaking people’s comfortable categories
the problems the tech seeks to solve we can get clues to the larger driving narrative
Each narrative pictures ideal human existence by solving particular problems
Structural narrative how it actually goes about solving the problem (and other more background motivators)
Presenting narrative the way the tech is packaged and presented to users
Question is not what feature does it have but what picture of human thriving does it claim to promote and what picture does it promote
Real life comparison of tools
A crm focused on sales
Rock church management super open source ethos
Leantime focus on general productivity and Neruo divergence
Breeze focused on a more big church money focus same with planning center