Take some deep breaths...
Life moves fast; you don't have to.

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

~ Henry David Thoreau

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Ben Fridge

Exploring the intersection of technology, theology, and creativity

Philosophy

EST 2022

To internalize and externalize ways of being.

The projects herein align with the mission above and attempt 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. ...

Projects

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

Below are some projects I am working to release into the world.

2024 — 2026

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

2026 — 2028

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

Posts Exploring the spaces between...

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Experiments

Practice Simple tools for living well with technology...

Check your digital temperature using an intentionally-crafted and 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.

About Ben

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 lived in the digital neighborhoods of ethical technology and human creativity for years, 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 neighborhoods 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 4-6 minutes to reflect on your relationship with technology across three dimensions: Screen, Soul, and Society.

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This reflection can be an invitation to deeper levels of awareness. 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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