# Trent Larson: Today’s Technology—Net Negative?

**Starts:** 2026-07-13T02:00:00.000Z
**Time zone:** America/Denver
**Chapter:** Provo
**Region:** North America

[Image: Trent Larson, computer scientist and blockchain engineer]

Although technology supplies powerful tools, is the approach fundamentally immoral? Ignoring corrupting influencers who peddle destructive opinions and entertainment, is the underlying approach of communication via devices an approach that inherently tends to separate us and stunt our growth?

Trent Larson got a computer science PhD in 2002, then went to write software for industry. In 2014, he helped establish Medici Ventures, creating the first SEC-approved cryptocurrency-based stock exchange; he then worked for Medici Land Governance, documenting land rights with blockchain and securing identities with cryptography. His not-for-profit work on the side involves [GiftEconomies.org](http://GiftEconomies.org) supported by the app at [TimeSafari.org](http://TimeSafari.org), with the goal to allow fully peer-to-peer operations; he is also on the board of [BridgeFoundation.community](http://BridgeFoundation.community) for affordable construction and agriculture at the Riverbed Ranch.

**Tags:** identity, ethics, critiques, agency, religion, harmonization, technology, human potential, mormonism, transhumanism