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How Then Shall We Work: Should Christian Engineers Pursue Productivity?, Kayt Frisch, Michael Foster, Justin R. Vander Werff

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Technology critics like Neal Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) and Nicholas Carr (The Shallows) have long held forth that our technology shapes us. In recent years, philosophers (including some that have presented at past Christian Engineering Conferences) have explored the value-ladenness of engineering design and how the biases in our technology affect us on a daily basis. A “hidden in plain sight” technology that we interact with everyday is our approach to getting things done, or our “productivity system.” While everyone has a productivity system, that is, a way of organizing, prioritizing, and executing tasks, some have thought more explicitly …

Forging Our Future: A Review Of The Synthetic Age, Jeff Ploegstra

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"Part of Preston’s argument is for a profound improvement in scientific fluency in the population, but it should also be for a stronger behavioral response as well."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Synthetic Age from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/forging-our-future-a-review-of-the-synthetic-age/

Technology And The Biblical Story, Derek Schuurman

Pro Rege

Editor's Note: This article is based on Derek Schuurman's chapel talk, given at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 22, 2017. A video of the talk is available online at: https://vimeo.com/channels/bethelchapel/205900409

Technology And The Mind, Body And Soul, Kayt E. Frisch

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"Both The Shallows and The Next Story do an excellent job of motivating the reader to consider their use of media, but it seems to me that the different approaches taken by these authors are rooted in fundamentally different pictures of what it means to be a human being."

Posting about two books that discuss the effects of technology on our lives from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/technology-and-the-mind-body-and-soul/

Foundations Of Responsible Technology, Charles C. Adams

Pro Rege

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Validity Of Science And Technology, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

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Foundations Of Science, Nick Van Til

Pro Rege

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Van Riessen Lectures At Dordt, James Koldenhoven

Pro Rege

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Professor Stoker On Campus, James Koldenhoven

Pro Rege

Stoker's second lecture is discussed in Pro Rege 2:19-20, March 1974. His third lecture is discussed in Pro Rege 2:23-24, June 1974.