I've been in a conversation about "blaming technology" recently, needing to disambiguate amorphous Technology (big-T) and it's possibility of neutrality, from s

I've been in a conversation about "blaming technology" recently, needing to disambiguate amorphous Technology (big-T) and it's possibility of neutrality, from specific malevolent creations. To disambiguate land-mines and AK47s from Penicillin and baby incubators. There's a mile of difference between creating an attractive nuisance, a "Trap" to borrow from Adam Curtis, and failing to account for negative side effects. We're still very much in the era of apologetics and rationalisation with regard to knowingly creating controlling, addictive and deleterious technologies. There is a kind of tragic death drive or celebration of Thanatos/atrophy going on there. I actually think the modern word that best captures it is "convenience". (it must be pronounced with a sigh of resignation). :)