79 Theses on Technology. For Disuptation →

Alan Jacobs wrote seventy-nine theses on technology and how it affects and informs our world.

1. Everything begins with attention.

2. It is vital to ask, “What must I pay attention to?”
3. It is vital to ask, “What may I pay attention to?”
4. It is vital to ask, “What must I refuse attention to?”
5. To “pay” attention is not a metaphor: Attending to something is an economic exercise, an exchange with uncertain returns.

The whole thing is wonderful. But just as wonderful are some of the responses they have invited. And the responses to the responses. Oh listen, just go read the whole thing, will you?