Just as a beautiful Afghan or Persian carpet, a geometric mosaic tile pattern from the Maghreb, or muqarnas hanging off of the ceiling in a masjid or palace stirs the beholder, can this same soul stirring response be experienced through our technological creations?
The featurelessness of the Ka'abah is symbolic of this non-representation, and an affirmation of the monotheistic creed. And particular to Islam, its veiled-ness symbolizes the unknowability, the ineffability, and hence the inability to represent or depict Allah.
In order to reflect and ponder on the status quo we need to be able to step off our b(l)inding tracks. When we find stillness within are we able to ask ourselves the questions that actually matter.
New Atheists tend to make claims with a high degree of certitude, assuming an epistemic high ground due to adhering to rationalism. There is however a major logical fallacy that exists in their apparently rational proposition, ‘There is no God’.
Technology is a tool that extends our capabilities and so it raises the same dilemmas and moral questions that have existed for us ever since we became homo sapiens.
Extrapolating the concept of dehumanization to the realm of social media we can see that apart from the obvious spatial divide, an inherent distance between people exists due to the design of these platforms.
