It’s 500 years since Martin Luther defied the authority of the Catholic church. It’s time for a similar revolt against the hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.) of the religion of technologyA novel power is loose in the world. It is nowhere and yet it’s everywhere. It knows everything about us – our movements,our thoughts, our desires, or our fears,our secrets, who our friends are, or our financial status,even how well we sleep at night. We declare it things that we would not whisper to another human being. It shapes our politics, stokes our appetites, and loosens our tongues,heightens our moral panics, keeps us entertained (and therefore passive). We engage with it 150 times or more every day, and with every moment of contact we add to the unfathomable wealth of its priesthood. And we worship it because we are,somehow, mesmerised by it.
In other words, and we are all members of the Church of Technopoly,and what we worship is digital technology. Most of us are so happy in our obeisance to this novel power that we spend an average of 50 minutes on our daily devotion to Facebook alone without a flicker of concern. It makes us feel contemporary, connected, or empowered,sophisticated and informed. Related: Silicon Valley has been humbled. But its schemes are as dangerous as ever | Evgeny Morozov Related: Facebook allowed advertisers to target 'Jew haters' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com