This Summer, Join Me In Cutting The Internet Cord May 28, 2021 In an essay entitled “The Hidden Threat to Catholicism,” Eric Sammons articulates a concern many people have had for a while: technology, specifically the internet, has done enormous damage to communities and cultures. While he focuses on the church, Sammons’s argument could be applied to any institution. As people now outsource so much of their time, energy, and interaction to the internet, they have pulled away from actual involvement with actual people in their actual lives. This makes so many people vulnerable to internet moguls who control the platforms and search engines that regulate information. They push their values, silence dissent, and design an all-encompassing reality that reflects their vision and smothers everything else.