Dangerous Devices: Do our devices work for us or do we work for them?

Email and smartphones, Slack and Microsoft Teams are ostensibly time-saving tools. And, yet, these devices demand an inordinate amount of our time. What gives? It seems that we have lost the narrative when it comes to work, time, and devices. Efficiency, productivity, output, and multitasking are not the summum bonum (ultimate good) of life. Rediscovering the original purpose for the mechanical clock—a Benedictine invention to order work and worship—can help us redeem the time, rediscover vocation, and cultivate a life of resonance and flourishing.