The Limits of the Machine

A FaithBytes Workbook on Wonder, Mystery & Awe

You are entering adulthood at a moment when technology promises more than it ever has: to cure disease, to extend life, to augment intelligence, to eliminate inconvenience, perhaps even to perfect the human condition. Some of these promises will be kept. Some are illusions. Distinguishing between them requires something no machine can supply: wisdom rooted in wonder.

Strand: Wonder, Mystery & Awe; Unplugging
Grade band: Grades 9-12; Grades 9 through 12 (ages 14-18)

Five lessons · substrand alignment

A

Order, Beauty, and the Call to Reverence

Wonder at Creation
B

Babel Revisited: The Temptation to Perfect Ourselves

Mystery Beyond Technology
C

Can Does Not Mean Should

Faith and Science in Harmony
D

Prudence and the Courage of Restraint

Wisdom & Responsibility
E

The Interior Life and the Discipline of Digital Fasting

Prayer, Silence, & Contemplation

Big questions

What does scientific discovery reveal about God's creation, and what response does it call for?
Where are the limits of human control, and why is the temptation to 'perfect' humanity dangerous?
Why must scientific and technological progress be guided by moral values, and who decides?
How does prudence help me judge when technology serves or harms truth, justice, and dignity?
How does overuse of technology dull the interior life, and what practices restore it?

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