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Evil things have always been the primary driver of technology. A good thing is that many of these evil things aren't meant to kill people anymore.
by bcrosby95 6y ago
Evil things have always been the primary driver of technology. A good thing is that many of these evil things aren't meant to kill people anymore.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago> Evil things have always been the primary driver of technology. A big example is the space program. It came out of the desire to develop rockets that could reliably deliver nuclear bombs to kill millions of people in a matter of minutes.
- jrsj 6y agoNot really sure what good can come out of technology built for surveillance and manufacturing consent though.
- ben_w 6y agoUsually the lack of imagination is in the opposite direction — “I can’t imagine what can go wrong if we keep a close eye on your health metrics to give advanced warning of heart attacks/summon ambulances when your elderly grandparents fall/tell you when your blood sugar is crashing, nor what could possibly be bad about using CCTV to deter crime, nor from having Google Street View in all the places I live or want to visit”, that sort of thing.