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None of the technologies you name had that big of a negative effect on society while they were maturing. We are a decade in with cryptocoins and 98% of the thi
by jsiepkes 5y ago
None of the technologies you name had that big of a negative effect on society while they were maturing.
We are a decade in with cryptocoins and 98% of the things that cryptocoins have currently accomplished are a net loss for society. A net loss of which we are currently already "paying" for; Ransomware, waste of energy, people getting scammed with pump and dumps, etc.
- keiferski 5y agoIncorrect. Early automobiles killed so many people that it became a major public health issue. The Printing Press essentially fueled the Reformation and the subsequent Wars of Religion. Airplanes were used in bombing raids during WW1, just over a decade after the successful flight of the Wright Brothers. All technologies have both positive and negative consequences. Edit: here’s a nice quote illustrating this. Serious debate was held in courtrooms and in editorials over whether the automobile was inherently evil. The state of Georgia's Court of Appeals wrote: "Automobiles are to be classed with ferocious animals and … the law relating to the duty of owners of such animals is to be applied ... . However, they are not to be classed with bad dogs, vicious bulls, evil disposed mules, and the like."