Welcome back to the SSPX podcast.

Today in the third part of our ongoing series, Digital Dangers,

we continue exploring the effects of modern technology on our lives,

particularly our mental and spiritual health.

As discussed in the last episode, technological tools

such as smartphones and state-of-the-art search engines like Google grant us unprecedented access

to nearly unlimited information. In addition, algorithms and tracking software lead us through a sea

of content calibrated exactly to our interests, which keeps us fixed to our devices.

In this episode, we will discuss why this is dangerous and what we can do to place

ourselves on guard against an overwhelming amount of content, much of which is misleading

and potentially harmful. Ultimately, we'll ask how do we separate the digital wheat from

the chaff.

Let's join Father Kopeck right now.

My father, welcome back.

This is the third episode of our technology series.

Maybe to recap before we jump in again, we were talking at the end of episode two about the different

kinds of effects of digital technology. So we're going to explore some different angles

today, but by way of introduction, can you summarize where we left off?

Sure, yeah. So I think up to this point, basically, what we've discussed is more

kind of like the neurological and psychological effects that we have in just using screens and

technology. So it kind of brings about this habitual disposition of ease and kind of the shallow

thinking and all of that. But then also the idea of it kind of

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