Continuing on with our "discerning of the spirits," thinking about the spirituality of Web 2.0, what I'm calling the Angel of the iPhone.
In the last post we talked about the obvious, the true human goods provided by Web 2.0 and mobile connectivity. Here in this post I'd like to think about some of the ways that the Angel of the iPhone might be failing to fully deliver on that wonderful word "connected."
Rather than write about all this, let me simply point you to two TED talks that raise some of the relevant issues.
Eli Pariser discussing "filter bubbles" on the Web and how they can create Web 2.0 ghettos--a Web of One.
Sherry Turkle on her book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (H/T to Emma for the heads up about Turkle's work):
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