Curious Christian

I’m not a Luddite. I work in IT support, and I’ve spent years watching technology change the way we live and work. But something deeper is shifting beneath the surface—something I’m finding harder and harder to ignore.

We were promised a digital utopia: work from anywhere, knowledge at our fingertips, smart tools to lighten the load. And yet, the future that’s unfolding feels less like liberation and more like enclosure.

Housing ownership is increasingly out of reach. Software, once bought, is now rented. Cars come with subscriptions. Digital services track our every move, not to serve us, but to extract value from us. AI is beginning to automate not just manual work, but the very white-collar jobs that once seemed safe—education, support, design, writing, even therapy. The tertiary sector, which carried us through the post-industrial shift, is now facing its own reckoning.

I’ve come to believe we are drifting, slowly but steadily, toward something that looks a lot like techno-feudalism. A world where the means of production are no longer factories or farms, but platforms, data centers, and algorithms—owned by a small elite. Most of us rent access to everything: homes, transport, tools, even community. We’re not citizens of a digital commons; we’re tenants on someone else’s server.

And here’s the thing: this isn’t just about economics. It’s a deeply spiritual crisis.

At its heart is a question of ownership—of land, of labor, of data, of dignity. Who owns the tools we use? Who benefits from our work, our clicks, our lives? Who shapes the world our children will inherit?

As Christians, we cannot afford to close our eyes. We follow a Messiah who challenged the powers, who brought good news to the poor, who turned over the tables of those who turned worship into commerce. What would Jesus say to those who turn housing into hedge fund assets? Or who turn human creativity into AI training fodder? What would he say to those of us who see the warning signs and remain silent?

We are not powerless. We can begin by:

Reclaiming ownership—supporting platform co-ops, local economies, and digital commons.

Refusing the rentier mindset—resisting the logic that everything must be monetized.

Practicing mutual aid—offering our skills, resources, and time outside systems of extraction.

Telling a better story—where technology serves community, not control.

We don’t have all the answers. But we can refuse to be serfs in a digital kingdom. We can choose to be stewards, prophets, and neighbors in a world that desperately needs reimagining.

This blog, Curious Christian, is about wrestling with these hard questions. If you’ve been sensing something similar, you’re not alone.

Let’s stay curious, and committed.