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Tech Today in the Religious Adoration of Technology
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:22 PM
1) Here is an interview with a sociologist who claims that World of Warcraft can predict the future, replaces religion, and becomes a kind of afterlife.
Maybe we will move to a time when we no longer make a distinction between belief and the suspension of disbelief. The difference between faith and fantasy might not have been very distinct in ancient times, and it's possible that we will move towards a time when instead of religion, people's hopes can be expressed in something that's acknowledged to be a fantasy but also, on some level, sort of real. WoW might exemplify that kind of post-religious future.
2) Here is a story by a man who believes he is cheating on his Kindle when he reads a physical book (or "p-book" as e-book enthusiasts have taken to calling them.)
I recently started reading Garry Disher’s latest crime thriller Wyatt (it’s a cracker, by the way) in paperback and it felt like I was cheating on my main squeeze. I was surprised at the pang of guilt that I felt when I grabbed it off the bedside table and cracked it open. It was almost shame — so much so that I even hid my Kindle away in the cupboard (under the guise of “tidying up”).
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I"m not sure the first guy is nuts. I was raised in a Republican Christian house. After going gay socialist, I often feel like going back home for Christmas is a lot like suspending disbelieve. At times I pray, and that also feels a lot like suspending disbelief. But it still always makes me feel better, helps me think, and gets me to go to sleep at night.
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If someone were to say 'p-book' out loud to me, I'd have a hard time not punching them in the face.
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Paul, this could have been a terrific Charles Mudede post if you had provided some unexpected commentary and a Marxist tie-in. Please revise and submit again.
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You know, it would be far from a perfect world if WoW replaced Christianity, but I think it might actually be a better world.
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