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Technology is created to solve a problem. Technology has unintended consequences. Technology owners have feduciary responsibility to continue producing techno
by RhodesianHunter 7y ago
Technology is created to solve a problem.
Technology has unintended consequences.
Technology owners have feduciary responsibility to continue producing technology.
Negatively affected citizens make a fuss, claim they deserve more rights than other citizens.
Media creates hit pieces, painting the most negative possible picture in an attempt to look like investigative journalism.
Government either ignores the problem, or grossly overreaches, leading to further unintended consequences.
- lidHanteyk 7y agoOh nice! This is Discordian 5-act structure. Chaos: Our protagonist, New Tech, arises. Discord: As a consequence, the first antagonist looms: Unintended Consequences. Confusion: New Tech is not dissuaded. It moves boldly, embracing what it sees as positive change in the world. Bureaucracy: Unintended Consequences summons the evil power of Somebody Else's Problem, and reveals their true face: Angry Mobs. The Aftermath: The Government steps in. They ban New Tech, establish a Committee to Study Somebody Else's Problem, set up a fund for Unintended Consequences, and violently suppress the Angry Mobs. Recall that, in Discordian 5-act, the protagonist is arbitrary, and usually chosen to maximize irony, bathos, or confusion. Our goal is to remind the audience of how silly it was to think of anything or anybody as morally absolved.