2 years ago2 points(+2/-0)Edited 2022-07-07 23:09:541 child
>idk what a Christian view of tech should be, maybe tech in moderation?
Maybe useful tech and not distracting tech. Mennonites use tech depending on specific needs. (If it helps in productivity, it's good. If it hinders productivity, it's bad)
> think Christians might have a lower time preference
Christians think ahead because they are building families and fellowship.
there's this idea of "appropriate technology" which might fit the bill: https://infogalactic.com/info/Appropriate_technology
Ted himself is not totally against tech I thought, I thought he was more in to just like pre-industrial society rather than some of the primitivism of like John Zerzan (who rails against things like agriculture or something more basic like language)
I find primitivism vs. technology to really be another political consideration entirely, it really spans the political spectrum as like another dimension of thought. The libertarians are interested in it because tech can give or threaten freedom, while authoritarians are interested in it because tech can threaten the authority of their group or defend it. Conservatives are open to creating new traditions or defending the old, which is for or against the primitive, while socialists have been against it as luddites since tech can destroy jobs and "save" labor or are sometimes for it in order to save labor for the common laborer.
Maybe useful tech and not distracting tech. Mennonites use tech depending on specific needs. (If it helps in productivity, it's good. If it hinders productivity, it's bad)
> think Christians might have a lower time preference
Christians think ahead because they are building families and fellowship.
Ted himself is not totally against tech I thought, I thought he was more in to just like pre-industrial society rather than some of the primitivism of like John Zerzan (who rails against things like agriculture or something more basic like language)
I find primitivism vs. technology to really be another political consideration entirely, it really spans the political spectrum as like another dimension of thought. The libertarians are interested in it because tech can give or threaten freedom, while authoritarians are interested in it because tech can threaten the authority of their group or defend it. Conservatives are open to creating new traditions or defending the old, which is for or against the primitive, while socialists have been against it as luddites since tech can destroy jobs and "save" labor or are sometimes for it in order to save labor for the common laborer.