This week we welcome Michael Sacasas, author of The Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology and society. Michael is the associate director of the Christian Study Center of Gainesville and has written for The New Atlantis, The New Inquiry, Comment Magazine, and Real Life Magazine. He is also the author of a forthcoming book 41 Questions: Technology and the Moral Life (Avid Reader Press).
In this thought provoking episode we invite all our listeners to reconsider the place of technology in their own lives. We discuss:
- the role of technology in our lives and how the way that we use tools shapes our experience of the world, and by extension our existence
- attention, it's importance and its various forms
- why Twitter for Michael is a deal with the devil
- how, even out of the Metaverse, technology reframes our reality
- the three most important questions everyone should ask of the way that they use technology
If you enjoyed our previous conversations with Oliver Burkeman, Nicholas Carr and Krista Tippett, then this episode is for you.
This episode is part of our series on "Self", where we explore how our technology impacts some of the most important aspects of being human. Recent episodes include Krista Tippett, creator on On Being, Susie Alegre, human rights lawyer and author of 'Freedom to Think' and upcoming episdoes include Jillian Horton MD, and author of 'We are All Perfectly Fine', Casey Swartz, author of "Attention, A Love Story" and Sharath Jeevan OBE, motivation expert and author of "Intrinsic". Our goal: to help all our listeners to think more critically about the role of technology in our lives, and how it shapes who we are.
More from Michael: The Convivial Society https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/
Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/
Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO
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