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> Technology destroys people. I'd disagree. Technology is a tool like any other; it may destroy you, but that's anecdotal. It is not a requirement that it dest
by davelnewton 8y ago
> Technology destroys people.
I'd disagree. Technology is a tool like any other; it may destroy you, but that's anecdotal. It is not a requirement that it destroy people or take them away from what they find important.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago“The current regulatory framework in place in the majority of jurisdictions is allowing technology to become a net negative for both people and society as a whole”. I make a distinction between science and technology for the sake of this comment. Science brings us biomedical breakthroughs, space probes, and renewables; technology brings us Black Mirror dystopian futures. (“Technology destroys people” is a lazy argument, but understandable in a time when it’s rare for long form discussion to take place where the depth of the issue can be examined collaboratively)
- pavel_lishin 8y agoIt sounds like our variant of capitalism is the system that's destroying people, not technology.
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- XorNot 8y agoBingo! I feel like you get this type of article from Americans as a cowardly way to avoid criticising unchecked capitalism or dealing with and engaging with their politics as a means to build a better government. Easier to blame a nebulous concept and the individual, then advocate for any sort of group cooperatism - even though as a species cooperating is what we've always done.
- davelnewton 8y agoI don't think it's capitalism per se that's at issue, rather its execution: unethical capitalism is bad. Making money is not.
- toupeira 8y agoHmm... isn't science itself a form of technology? :)
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI think you’re right and my post has the error. Science->knowledge->technology
- Abekkus 8y agolanguage is a technology