Fri 22 Aug 2025. Digital Revolution - Utopia or Dystopia?

Attention is the new currency in a media-saturated world, and staring through the looking glass it's hard to tell if we're facing a utopian or dystopian future. In today's episode, researcher Thomas Scrimgeour from thinktank Maxim Institute suggests that the tech revolution has reached its next stage and New Zealand is well positioned to benefit from an AI-driven economy.  Theology professor at the University of Otago Andrew Shepherd says we have shifted from gears from a materialist economy to an 'attention economy' - where consumers have now become both the producers and the products for sale.  And media chaplain Rev. Frank Ritchie observes people are becoming overstimulated yet finding it difficult to disengage from digital media – losing genuine human connection o the point of diluting devotional time.   Text your thoughts to 8168, keyword 'Rhema'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.