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Technology · Attention · the Good Life

Our life is frittered away by detail...
simplify, simplify.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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Technology, theology, and the creative life

Philosophy

To internalize and externalize ways of being...

The work here attempts to answer the question, "How can we live ?" Our platforms, devices, and systems are filled with . Their true face, however, .
has been invaded.

Optimism is simply another species of . Of course, the response should not then be . Our vital response to restart humanity in this time is hope. Like patches of forest that need reclamation, our innovations need renovations before their development comes to an end.

As for my end, I'll borrow from the ecologist Aldo Leopold. There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. ...

breathe

Projects

I believe thoughtful, creative, explorative work grows our capacity to imagine new worlds and build them for the sake of others.

The projects below are in various stages of life. Find the one that suits yours...

Pathways Focused guides to the sages and saints teaching us to live a life free of digital distraction right now...

Posts Exploring the spaces between...

What I'm externalizing...

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What I'm internalizing...

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Practices Simple tools for living well with technology...

Check your digital temperature using a thoughtful, contemplative review of the state of technology in your life. Reflect on your experiences recently through three dimensions of your inner and outer worlds. Let awareness be the first step toward healthier rhythms.

A digital rule of life is a set of practices and patterns to guard your days and guide your life. Select from simple, actionable rhythms to build your own personalized rule around technology, attention, and presence.

A digital household covenant is a shared container for the life you want to live. Walk through different spaces like The Table, The Threshold, or The Hearth. Wherever technology quietly shapes your life together, renew your commitments to intentional living as a household. Print practice cards. Display your covenant. Maintain your commitments.

Three practices. One integrated life.

Reflect on your lifestyle. Build a rule for your days. Make a covenant with your community. Each tool stands alone. Together they form a complete way of life to stand in the digital age...

Inspired in part by the work of Practicing the Way.

DIGITAL RULE OF LIFE

Build a personal rule of life around technology, attention, and the practices that shape a good day.

Paradigms Collaborative experiments that illuminate and unveil how we see parts of our world...

A paradigm is just a way of seeing. These nine represent the domains where our vision and imaginations have been , the work of unveiling most urgent.

Origins

I am a tech enthusiast, a writer since the age of eleven, and a self-styled popularizer of great thinkers and organizers of human flourishing. I've spent years studying the edges between ethical technology and the writing life, accumulating data points, practices, resources, and dreams for the future.

The deeper you go into questions about attention and formation, the more you find they’re not just about screens. They’re about what we were made for. That thread led me from the edges of ethical technology into a community of saints asking questions about the fundamental nature of our relationship to a higher power.

We are called to live as witnesses . I cannot sit idly by as technology .

It's time to find and live a better story today.

BF

Digital Health Reflection

Take 6-8 minutes to reflect on your relationship with technology across three dimensions: Screen, Soul, and Social Realms.

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Consider your way of relating to the...

Screen

The devices we carry, the boundaries we keep, and the attention we guard.

Soul

The stillness we cultivate, the beauty we notice, and the creativity we nurture.

Social Realms

The presence we offer, the community we join, and the embodied life we choose.

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What you've built is a map of your digital health across three dimensions: Screen, Soul, and Social Realms.

Each answer becomes a point on the map. Together they reveal patterns you might not have seen.

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