The breadth of the mind when trawling through time and cyberspace can be just as vast and unbounded.
In a similar way, visual media of landscapes, bustling markets, and city streets-perhaps supplemented by Google maps-make it possible to get a sense of different countries and cultures the world over.
In such moments, what precisely is the scope of your intellectual vision? Indeed, vast archives of music once pressed to vinyl, scans of obsolete magazines, recordings of old TV shows and out-of-print novels available as EPUB files make it possible to re-create the past in your mind. When you sit down to your laptop and start up Microsoft Teams or pull out your phone to Google something, you hook in to the internet. In turn, the ongoing crisis of embodiment sets the stage for a contemporary interpretation of the Doctrine of the Incarnation. Therefore, taking stock of the deeper implications of digital culture brings to the surface questions about human identity, particularly the unprecedented extension of the mind beyond the body that is concomitant with online engagement. Indeed, the scope of digital technology’s effect on human life-in what could rightly be termed a ‘mass-upload’-is not limited to the spheres of communication, commerce, and entertainment but is quickly re-shaping how human beings experience themselves as embodied entities. Digital technology-and its most pervasive host, the internet-now features in all areas of human life. From smartphones to video streaming services, various technologies underpin the digital culture in which we continually engage.
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