With great tech comes great responsibility. And with more apps, tools, and gadgets than ever before designed to maximize our productivity, sometimes the conversation about how best to use these things gets lost in the shuffle. Yes, we want to be productive, but at what cost? What kind of consumers, citizens, and family members do we become when technology dictates more and more of our behavior? How do we prepare students for a future we can’t quite imagine? (Hint: everyone take computer science classes, MIT’s president suggests.)

We at Enterprise don’t like to fearmonger and so rather than sound a Luddite call to reject tech at every turn, we prefer to put forward Farhad Manjoo's maxims on ethical and mindful usage. First, look beyond a product to a company’s business model: “it’s in the buying and the selling of a product, rather than in the using, that you can best figure out its dangers.” If you don’t like Google profiting off internet ads, resist the temptation to buy a Google Pixel. Second, avoid feeding the giants of the industry. Not only does monopoly (or near-monopoly) stifle innovation, but it minimizes consumer choice and makes regulation difficult. Finally, take your time. Wait and see how new products play out before jumping on the bandwagon.