Professor Allen excellently lays out two steps of declaring independence from tech, most focused on shifting power from the top to engaging the entire populace into a creative, productive economy.
I was expecting, though, this part 2 of the agenda to expand on the relationships between tech, power, spiritual wellbeing, and her brilliant point that “we need to claim mastery of our minds, souls, and habits of attention.” The hyper-entertained, algorithm-controlled lifestyle Silicon Valley has long invested in and constructed (which i’d argue is pervasive across all classes, as well as ages) has resulted in a sense of individual complacency. It made me question Professor Allen’s concluding point that steering our lives uniformly "feels better" than being subjects. At times, certainly. But it also feels good to let the algorithm suggest the next thing for us and this creates a habit that can sink deeper and deeper… This implies the movement towards independence from tech will be both corralling the technocrats, but also a massive spiritual task of unlearning and reframing our own personal relationships with the tech that surrounds us.
Technological development is here to stay. How we personally engage it I think will dictate how we regulate it and put it to work for us. So, how exactly do we seriously encourage and claim mastery of our minds, souls, and habits of attention in relation to technological medias and entertainment? Who or what are leading these efforts? This genuinely fascinates me, if anyone has thoughts on this particular part of the movement, please engage!!
Professor Allen excellently lays out two steps of declaring independence from tech, most focused on shifting power from the top to engaging the entire populace into a creative, productive economy.
I was expecting, though, this part 2 of the agenda to expand on the relationships between tech, power, spiritual wellbeing, and her brilliant point that “we need to claim mastery of our minds, souls, and habits of attention.” The hyper-entertained, algorithm-controlled lifestyle Silicon Valley has long invested in and constructed (which i’d argue is pervasive across all classes, as well as ages) has resulted in a sense of individual complacency. It made me question Professor Allen’s concluding point that steering our lives uniformly "feels better" than being subjects. At times, certainly. But it also feels good to let the algorithm suggest the next thing for us and this creates a habit that can sink deeper and deeper… This implies the movement towards independence from tech will be both corralling the technocrats, but also a massive spiritual task of unlearning and reframing our own personal relationships with the tech that surrounds us.
Technological development is here to stay. How we personally engage it I think will dictate how we regulate it and put it to work for us. So, how exactly do we seriously encourage and claim mastery of our minds, souls, and habits of attention in relation to technological medias and entertainment? Who or what are leading these efforts? This genuinely fascinates me, if anyone has thoughts on this particular part of the movement, please engage!!
Check out this great work: https://www.schoolofattention.org/