Forever Learning Institute

Ours is a technological age. It increasingly possesses us. A.I. looms, hinting at ominous future scenarios. Industry and agriculture pollute our air, soil, and water. The military/industrial complex peoples our world with lethal tools of destruction. The world warms and we argue about the cause. Why did no one warn us about this danger? Perhaps there were warnings that we ignored. Indeed, nearly a 100 years ago, Martin Heidegger, thinker and philosopher and theologian, did just that. He warned about unbridled voracious technology that even then was devouring the Western world. Let us, then, listen to this prophet, a Jeremiah for our time. Why? To see how we got here. To see if he proposes an exit strategy. To see if we can coexist with technology. Reading: Heidegger’s ‘The question concerning technology’ and additional handouts.