> Again, easy for us to say in the west, especially the US. We've seen a lot of the good, but we too have seen the bad. I, for one, am not in the US, pal; I'm

> Again, easy for us to say in the west, especially the US. We've seen a lot of the good, but we too have seen the bad. I, for one, am not in the US, pal; I'm in a third world country riddled with conflict and crime. Stop the sad regionalism. Your morality babble still doesn't change the fact that automation and technology have made us the most successful species. Even your ludicrous "for every good some bad has come" is false on its face. If it were true, the population would forever stay the same. > Technology is not universally beneficial. Again, nobody claimed it was, what was claimed was the net effect, and that has been positive. I don't even know why I'm wasting my time having a discussion with someone who thinks technology isn't "good" (and you do think that, you think it's "neutral", not "good")... over the internet. In other words: If it weren't for technology, you couldn't be whining about how awful it is from your iPhone, buddy.