I did not like the story. I don't see technology as oppositional to religion, or as a force that becomes evil when it is outside the control of religion. I don't know why the mother character is such a twisted caricature of evil, and the story did not explain it. I don't believe in pure evil in individual people. I liked that LeVar Burton liked it -- my favourite part of the episode was when he explained why he chose this story -- but it left me cold.