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> That happened the moment technology became ever more important in our lives. Which would be when our ancestors first began making hand tools and using fire,

• Fnoord 9y ago
  Fair enough, technology has always been around. If you look at the history of cryptography, same. Cryptography is very old as well. However it has become increasingly dominant over our lives with the invention of things like the Internet, computer, car, smartphone, magnetron, and a whole plethora of inventions which I cannot even fathom. Take for example a very obvious example: electronic voting. It has to do with technology and politics. Should we avoid discussing that? Should we avoid discussing the privacy topics of Facebook? Google? Should we avoid all the topics brought up by a series such as Black Mirror? [1] And why is it that with non-political topics (as for as these exist) we should be allowed to vote on them, whereas as soon as politics get somehow involved it should be avoided on HN? And, since politics isn't a clear proposition, where do we draw the line? [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/