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I agree that technology probably works to increase inequality overall. The whole point of technology is to increase the power of the individual wielding it. A
by kybernetikos 11y ago
I agree that technology probably works to increase inequality overall.
The whole point of technology is to increase the power of the individual wielding it. As such, military and surveillance technology enables smaller groups of elites to maintain their position in the face of larger and larger groups of revolutionaries.
- shoo 11y agoi'd argue that technology that enables information to be shared widely and freely might have a different effect. but i also agree with the point you made, but perhaps not quite so broadly.
- bjshepard 11y agowhat do you think the result of the printing press on social stratification was?
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoNot the OP, but I'll take a stab at it: In increased the separation between those who could read, and those who could not, because there was more to read. Note well: that separation was along a skill line, not along a class line (though the skill was largely but not completely correlated with class at that time).