Collin Hansen, Brett McCracken, and Ivan Mesa discuss the effects of digital technology on culture, church, parenting, and community.
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Not long ago, I spoke at Liberty University to a large group of undergraduates. The topic was cultural apologetics, and I explained our strategy at The Gospel Coalition. I said we’re happy to meet you online. Then we tell you to go touch grass. It was my only applause line in about an hour on stage. And it told me something about Gen Z: They may be the group that breaks the strangleholds of smartphones and social media.
Nodoubtwehopetoaidinthateffortthroughanewbook,ScrollingOurselvestoDeath:ReclaimingLifeinaDigitalAge,publishedbyTGCwithCrossway.Theeditorsaremygoodfriendsandlong-timecolleaguesBrettMcCrackenandIvanMesa.We’rebuildingonthepreviousworkofNeilPostmaninAmusingOurselvestoDeath,whichwaspublished40yearsagoandfocusesontelevision.Oursituationhaschanged,thoughtheunderlyingproblemsremainorhaveevengrownworse.Brettwrites,“Fromtherisingofthesuntoitsgoingdown,wescrollourwaythroughtheday.Wescrollourwaythroughlife.Andwearescrollingourselves
