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The Modern Tech Dilemma

#wearedgn

Mr. Greaney

Better Off

Better Off

issue 1

Health

Mental Health

Lancaster Amish have avoided depression; 5-10 times less likely than general population (154)

Physical Health

Community

issue 2

“Cars, telephones, message machines, caller ID, and e-mail grant us the power to associate with whom we want, when we want, to the degree we want, under the terms we want, finessing and filtering out those we don’t want – and thin out the possibilities of social growth accordingly” (80).

Gelassenheit

issue 3

Necessity?

issue 4

What the research suggests

Health

Mental Health

Depression and

Anxiety

Increased screen-time =

1) lower reported level of happiness

2) increased incidence of clinical depression

3) increased likelihood of suicide attempt

(Un)Healthy Behaviors

Physiological Health

'Phubbing'

Athena

Teen Trends

Community

Gelassenheit

'Serenity'

"We can affirm the unavoidable use of technical devices, and also deny them the right to dominate us, and so to warp, confuse, and lay waste our nature.”

Heidegger

Atomic Example

Modern Relevance

Necessity

Are we better?

Benefits

product 1

Labor Savings

Unique Capability

Authentic Communication

Concerns

Not Inert Tools

Atrophy of Skill

product 2

Tremendous Costs

- “ . . . it must serve our needs, not the reverse, and we must determine these needs before considering the needs for technology. The willingness and the wisdom to do so may be the hardest ingredients to come by in this frenetic age. Perhaps what is needed most of all, then, are the conditions favorable to them: quiet around us, quiet born of sustained meditation and introspection. We must set aside time for it . . .” (232).

Summation

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