Thoughts on the Digital Age

The ushering in of the Digital Age is affecting how we think and what we do. But is it changing who we are? Some like to think so. The theory goes something like this: As technology progresses inexorably forward, society and education will advance with it. The reality is probably closer to something Elder Dallin H. Oaks said in April 2001: as technology progresses inexorably forward, people will live longer and have more free time. But what will determine what they do with that free time? Technology may and does increase the availability of information. But in the end it’s not important how much we know, but how what we know changes what we do.