Tech Agnostic by Greg Epstein offers a look into a world that most people never get to see up close.Drawn from his connections with the educated elite, venture capitalists, and Ivy League colleagues around the world, Epstein peels back the curtain on a religious phenomenon that most of us participate in without ever realizing it.The individuals driving this phenomenon are unimaginably rich, deeply influential, and operating within a system that functions like a religion in every meaningful sense of the word.The book is divided into three distinct sections: beliefs, practices, and community, the last of which encompasses everyone from Tech resistors to would-be reformers.Each section is comprised of themed chapters that take deep dives into the various aspects of this religion, from its doctrine to its apostates and heretics.Embedded throughout are a wide range of voices, from figures like Ellen Pao of Project Include, a former technology investor, to individuals like Epstein's former student Javon, whose personal perspectives end up being some of the most revealing in the entire book.In this review, each section of the book is briefly examined before connecting Epstein's framework to a theme directly relevant to Technology Education: how technology adoption in schools mirrors the same religious patterns Epstein describes, and how those adoption decisions can directly impact the ability of Technology Education teachers nationwide to do their jobs.
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