Thanks everyone for a stimulating discussion this afternoon.
I took a few notes and wanted to share a few themes that I noticed:
1. Technology isn’t everything
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It’s a means rather than an end - for example, to tackle important global
challenges.
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We don’t know where it’s leading us – it helps
to make the future uncertain and unknown.
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The limits of technology are giving us a renewed
appreciation for very human qualities, such as our ability for complex communication
or empathy and spirituality (see #2).
2. Spirituality matters
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Has the ubiquity of new technology come at the
expense of our humanity?
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How can digital technology help us to recover
what is sacred and natural in our world?
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How can we develop the sacred in students -
particularly in a materialistic age where people don’t have fixed identities?
3. We need different perspectives
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The collage process – especially the speech and
thought bubbles – helped us to consider different perspectives we might not
otherwise have done
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We need to take on board the perspectives of
young people as we consider the future (and they in turn need the perspectives
of people who can remember a less digital society)
