Shadows Of Our Future Selves, Crouch, Andy

Our greatest need is to be recognized--to be seen, loved, and embedded in rich relationships with the people around us. But for the last century, weve displaced that need with the ease of technology. Weve dreamed of power that doesnt require relationship (what the premodern world called magic) and abundance that doesnt require dependence (what Jesus called Mammon). Yet even before a pandemic disrupted that quest, we felt threatened and strangely out of place: lonely, anxious, bored amidst endless options, oddly disconnected amidst infinite connections.

In The Life Were Looking For, bestselling author and cultural critic Andy Crouch reveals how we traded lives of rich relationship for a world of impersonal power--and how each of us can fight back. From the generosity of early Christians to the efforts of entrepreneurs working to create more humane technology, Crouch shows how we can restore true community and put people first in a world dominated by money, power, and devices.