Technology decentralizes power. I would have agreed with that statement at one time. Now I'd qualify it to read "Technology can decentralize power." Unfortunat

Technology decentralizes power. I would have agreed with that statement at one time. Now I'd qualify it to read "Technology can decentralize power." Unfortunately, it can also do the opposite. I'm at a point now where I'm torn on the question of whether or not technology inherently tends one way or the other. But in either case, I'm now convinced that human nature is much more a factor in the centralization / decentralization of power than technology.