The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stone humorously notes that modern technology like computers would have made Job's suffering easier to process or communicate.
- In plain terms
- Job would have had an easier time with suffering if he had a computer to use.
- What can you take from it?
- Technology can change how we handle ancient problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does technology solve human problems?
- What would ancient figures need today?
Another view
Technology may not solve deep existential suffering regardless of access.
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