Faith &
Work
Conference
Poll Results

When you imagine your work or industry 20 years from now, do you feel mostly...

A) Hopeful - 41.3%
B) Terrified - 1.1%
C) Motivated - 22.6%
D) Uncertain - 30.6%
E) Cynical - 4.4%

When you use your smart phone, do you mostly feel a sense of...

A) Wonder - 10.3%
B) Anxiety - 24.0%
C) Anger - 2.2%
D) Joy - 4.2%
E) Connection - 59.2%

Does your faith influence the way you engage with technology?

A) Very much so- 30.4%
B) Somewhat - 46.3%
C) Minimally - 19.9%
D) Not at all - 3.4%

Do you feel the Bible has...

A) A more positive view of our current technology - 64.3%
B) A more negative view of our current technology - 11.5%
C) An indifferent view of our current technology - 21.1%
D) Nothing to do with our current technology - 3.1%

Has your personal use of social media mostly...

A) Improved your day-to-day relationships, friendships, interactions - 19.4%
B) Damaged your day-to-day relationships, friendships, interactions - 5.6%
C) Made you feel less human and/or anxious - 31.0%
D) Made you feel more knowledgeable and/or resourceful - 44.0%

I am mostly  _______ by the way humans have shaped technology.

A) Excited - 24.3%
B) Frightened - 4.2%
C) Hopeful - 23.3%
D) Disappointed - 5.8%
E) Torn - 42.5%

When it comes to big data, I'm most concerned about...

A) My privacy being exploited - 33.3%
B) Social profiling - 16.5%
C) The accuracy of the data - 17.2%
D) That too much about me is out there - 20.7%
E) I'm not concerned - 12.3%

A.I. will...

A) Serve us - 38.0%
B) End us - 2.7%
C) Serve us then end us - 23.5%
D) Turn out to be just a proxy for our fear/a big, fear-driven myth - 35.8%

Integrating spiritual disciplines into the way I use technology feels...
A) Impossible - 1.2%
B) Simple - 15.6%
C) Difficult but doable - 80.3%
D) Completely undesirable - 2.9%