It is also not a god. All are tools, simply tools among which we must pick the most efficient to our end. The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever . If technology serves that end, then we can t object or repine. If we allow it to become an idol, if we employ it to any other end, then we pervert both technology and our own humanity.
Temporal gain becomes eternal loss.
Americans are hopeless secular millenarians, ever sure that just right around the corner America will succeed in creating heaven on earth. A favourite millennial vision for computer and Internet technology, especially among libertarian types, is that new technology will bring new freedom and new ways of challenging state monopolies and oppression. Maybe not . The sword of technology cuts both ways. Governments can use it in horrible new ways against citizens.