The work of Christian intellectuals is not done in the abstract; it is effective participation in the preservation of the world, and in the building … - Jacques Ellul

It is easy to boast of victory over ancient oppression, but what if victory has been gained at the price of an even greater subjection to the forces of the artificial necessity of the technical society which has come to dominate our lives?

The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is subjected, but without knowing it trains himself for new compulsions. … Training in sports makes of the individual an efficient piece of apparatus which is henceforth unacquainted with anything but the harsh joys of exploiting his body and winning.

“Everything, right now” is the notion that comes from the presence of images, which in effect get us used to seeing all in a single glance.