> It really does feel like the headline for 1970 - 2070 is going to be "Technology desperately tries, but fails, to make the world a better place". Well, for o

> It really does feel like the headline for 1970 - 2070 is going to be "Technology desperately tries, but fails, to make the world a better place". Well, for one, most of the accumulated knowledge of the human race is now available to anyone with a cheap phone (quite common even in the poorest countries), thus making it possible for anyone who cares to spend the time to become educated (not necessarily having a piece of paper that says you're educated -- we still need to work on that -- but actually educated) That wasn't the case in 1970. Or even 1990. I think that has unquestionably made the world a better place.