tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338841281806045200.post3663666093697240434..comments2020-01-30T23:23:14.145-07:00Comments on Digital Civilization: Computers are catholic and we live in the church of technologyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503037207089125630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338841281806045200.post-64379548673616105592010-09-02T20:26:04.915-06:002010-09-02T20:26:04.915-06:00Technology and the Catholic Church is an interesti...Technology and the Catholic Church is an interesting comparison. It will be interesting to look back in a hundred years at families who have the lifestyle of technology running through not only there lifetime, but generations. <br /><br />I would not doubt the challenge to leave it all behind and separates themselves from technology would be monumental. For in a very real manner they would not only be leaving the simplicities that have come in there life, but in truth they would be separating themselves from there family. Not only in culture, but in communication they would undertake a great disconnect from those who are closest to them.James Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097991826087953007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338841281806045200.post-90856037720362913292010-09-02T20:12:50.310-06:002010-09-02T20:12:50.310-06:00Professor Burton, I am new to this "commentin...Professor Burton, I am new to this "commenting on peoples' blogs" thing so I apologize if my comment is not "in" with blog commenting etiquette...<br />I personally appreciate a few of the points you and Professor Zappala make in your blog posts and that you made in class. Frequently, I feel uncomfortably challenged by the rapid change and expansions in technology. Part of me just wants to put my head under a pillow, ignore the change, and stay comfortable with the status quo. In regards to this, I appreciated a quote from a movie: "If we let our personal patterns go unquestioned, they become our prisons."Jeff Whitlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699648747031851225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338841281806045200.post-90301418773974320282010-09-02T11:19:59.424-06:002010-09-02T11:19:59.424-06:00Gideon, I thought I would be the one to bring in C...Gideon, I thought I would be the one to bring in Catholicism to this class and you beat me to it!<br /><br />Our family did a media fast for a week, with no TV, movies, video games or Internet. It was extremely difficult, but we learned to interact with each other in other ways. We talked more and played games together. Our kids reached for each other instead of a device when they were bored. I'd love to do it again.<br /><br />Your post also made me think about how dependent I am on today's technology. If something new comes along (genetic computing? bio-technology?), will I resist it with the fervor of a priest who finds his worldview and authority being challenged? I hope that my need to constantly adapt -- to new programming languages, to new technologies, to new ideas -- has given me the ability to know when to move on and what to leave behind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503037207089125630noreply@blogger.com