A lot of the news sites I read have a decidedly technical bent. Every so often I see a article pop up advocating either violent or peaceful overthrow of the system (generally the U.S. Government). It's rare that anyone actually suggests a viable replacement; if anything, it tends to be a technology based solution.
This technological anarchy amuses me, primarily because I can guarantee them the new system will be just as messed up as the old system.
People spend a lot of time blaming the system. If you think that people are fundamentally good (as people in this day and age tend to), you have to blame something for the bad things that happen, and you're going to want to present yourself in the best possible light while doing so. The most convenient culprit is the system, since we can easily point to instances that the system has failed us/our peers.
I would posit that the system acts in messed up ways either because it has been designed by messed up people or because it is operated by messed up people. If we were to throw out the existing system and replace it with a brand new one we'd end up with something equally messed up. Maybe not immediately, but once entropy takes hold, we're toast.
So, if people are fundamentally flawed, there is no solution. We need something distinctly outside our nature to reach in and set things aright. Let's call that something God. If there isn't a God, there is no possible solution. If there is a God, how do we know he'd even be interested in helping us?
Biblically, God knew that we were imperfect when he designed us, and He planned our universe such that He would send Jesus/the Holy Spirit to replace and change our nature over time into one that was like Him. Rather than trying to fix our broken systems, He focused on the root of the problem: us. Unlike every other religion, He did all the work for us. We don't have to attempt to fix ourselves (a guaranteed failure); it is instead exactly what we need.
The gospel that Silicon Valley needs is not technology, but Jesus.
