Source: The Dispatch
by Michael Reneau & Samuel D James
“Our relationship to technology will reveal to what degree the ethic of controllability is dominating us. There are movements afoot that are rethinking the role of digital technology in the lives of kids and teens, exemplified by the work of thinkers like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge. Is our response to every crisis to endlessly Google, hoping for some tool or hack to immediately relieve the pain? Can we make peace with quiet and boredom, or does a moment of unexpected stillness demand a check of the inbox or a refresh of the app? The ethic of controllability is fundamentally a mirage. Our world is not infinitely responsive to our wishes.” (10/13/24)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/to-renew-culture-give-up-control/