People have been writing for years about how scary the world
is going to get once computers become smarter than us and start controlling our
brains. Maybe we are already there and we are all slimy pale white Keanus
living our life in little pods while the Matrix controls all of our perceptions
and reality. Maybe the Borg have already made their way to planet Earth and are
assimilating us all into their bio robotic space cube that once captured Captain
Picard in Star Trek The Next Generation. Maybe
our computers are playing a joke on humanity by hypnotizing us into flooding
the internet with selfie duck-faces and pictures of cats.
People have been fearing this kind of powerful technology for
so long that even the word “cyber” seems retro and nostalgic.
And of course we have cause to be uneasy. Relationships
between people are changing drastically. Identity theft and manipulation is
easier than it has ever been before. The Government can spy on your every move.
People are running into people and light poles more than ever because they are
trying to walk and snapchat at the same time. The struggle is real in an
internet world.
None of this is new and tons of people have already written
about the dangerous effects of what our technological future will hold but I
like to do my own thing. Call me blindly optimistic or youthfully naïve but I
have been thinking and I have come to the conclusion that cyberspace might do
some good for Christianity.
