SPIRITUALITY

The Speed of Technology and the Speed of Loving-Kindness

We’re evolving too fast — and not fast enough.

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I just read a really good article by Michelle Teheux, here on Medium. In it, she speaks of having lived through a period of rapid technological change, and she observes that humanity isn’t evolving as swiftly as technology is.

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I highlighted several passages in her article because they resonated with me a lot, but the passage that inspired me to write this piece goes as follows.

Digital technology is a tool that makes all other technologies move faster. Everything we did in history to get ourselves to this point is now paying off by making every other change easier. People can collaborate with colleagues who live on the other side of the world and speak other languages. Information moves around the globe instantly.

This was the change that feeds every other change.

Life is extremely different now.
We are all connected in a way humans never were before. All the world’s information is available to everyone. And everything is changing really…