iGods by Craig Detweiler
The subtitle reads How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives.
Technology may both improve and complicate our lives, this book will give us some insight into how this is true.
Chapter 1 attempts to define technology and how our relationship with technology may alter our understanding of our world and God.
Chapter 2 looks at Steve Jobs, the Macintosh computer and the cult of Mac.
Chapter 3 give us a brief history of the internet and how it changed the world.
Chapters 4 & 5 looks at the history and influence of Amazon and Google.
Chapter 6 & 7 examines the social network and our frenemy, Facebook - how we have surrendered personal information in order to connect with friends.
Chapter 8 explores You-Tube, Twitter and Instagram.
The concluding chapter considers where the drive for smaller, faster and smarter gadgets is taking us.
