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Agreed. Technology put them in, and technology got them out.

• tptacek 16y ago
  I fully agree with you that this writer's argument is a logical no-op, but I don't think the writer agrees.
• maxharris 16y ago
  And this technology was developed how? People did it, and they did within a very specific context, without which their achievements would not have been possible. One very important element of that context is the presence of a system of social organization that protects their individual rights, leaving them free to think and act. Without these rights, that technology could not exist.