Often times during conversations and discussions concerning technology, I like to use ‘books’ or other forms of technology as an illustration. Apply whatever theory someone is proposing and interchange ‘smartphone’ or ‘Internet’ with ‘books’ or ‘pencils’ and repeat back what’s been said.
For instance:
“Parents should limit the amount of time their kids
use iPadsread.”“Reading your
iPadleather bound Bible in church is a distraction to others.”“Should I limit the amount of time I let my kids chat
onlinewith their friends?”
When you do this, it puts modern technology into a context that’s far more familiar to us and avoids silly knee-jerk reactions.
In the video below, this humorous skit portrays what it may have been like to work as ‘tech support’ in medieval times, as we see books treated like new technology is today:
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