““Our faith in technology connects us to long lost friends. It also enables us to avoid people we’d rather text with than talk to. It is our hiding place. Our faith in technology is so widespread that we feel we must be always available, always connected. Technology demands our attention. Our faith in technology is so complete that we place devices into our children’s hands at earlier ages and stages. We train our kids to look down rather than up. Our faith in technology is so passionate that we rarely question the wisdom of our embrace. We text now, worry later. Our embrace of technology is so boundless that we have poured staggering riches on those who brought us these magic devices.””
![“Google keeps their formulas secret even as they devour more of our habits. CEO Eric Schmidt believes that what customers want is for Google to “tell them what they should be doing next.”[39] Such pronouncements awaken fears of Big Brother or The Matrix. We may need to reclaim our agency, our…” quote by Craig Detweiler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a36/craig-detweiler-19935_fear_google-keeps-their-formulas-secret-even_59813.jpg)
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