{"product_id":"tech-agnostic-how-technology-became-the-worlds-most-powerful-religion-and-why-it-desperately-needs-a-reformation-hardcover","title":"Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way of life, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGood without God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday's technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on twenty-first century life and community. In \u003ci\u003eTech Agnostic\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard and MIT's influential humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores what it means to be a critical thinker with respect to this new faith. Encouraging readers to reassert their common humanity beyond the seductive sheen of \"tech,\" this book argues for tech agnosticism--not worship--as a way of life. Without suggesting we return to a mythical pre-tech past, Epstein shows why we must maintain a freethinking critical perspective toward innovation until it proves itself worthy of our faith or not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpstein asks probing questions that center humanity at the heart of engineering: Who profits from an uncritical faith in technology? How can we remedy technology's problems while retaining its benefits? Showing how unbelief has always served humanity, Epstein revisits the historical apostates, skeptics, mystics, Cassandras, heretics, and whistleblowers who embody the tech reformation we desperately need. He argues that we must learn how to collectively demand that technology serve our pursuit of human lives that are deeply worth living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn our tumultuous era of religious extremism and rampant capitalism, \u003ci\u003eTech Agnostic\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new path forward, where we maintain enough critical distance to remember that all that glitters is not gold--nor is it God.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard \u0026amp; MIT, and the Convener for Ethical Life at MIT's Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life. TechCrunch's first \"ethicist in residence,\" he is the author of \u003ci\u003eGood Without God\u003c\/i\u003e and has also written for \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN.com, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966869373229,"sku":"9780262049207","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/s7qrh7Kf319780262049207.webp?v=1775539440","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/tech-agnostic-how-technology-became-the-worlds-most-powerful-religion-and-why-it-desperately-needs-a-reformation-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}