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Perhaps 20 years ago, this comment wouldn't have landed as a joke to me. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36696533-new-dark-age https://www.goodreads.com/bo

• mschuster91 4y ago
  The problem is not technology, the problem is that we (and in particular, the Boomer generation that was in power of society for the last 30 years) stood idle while democratic control of society was ceded to ever larger private entities piece by piece. We could live in a world where technology serves the people so that we get back to the 20 hour work week that medieval peasants enjoyed - now, technology serves the ultra-rich elites (either as playthings or to further their interests) and increasingly repressive surveillance state governments, and unions have lost more and more influence.
  • miguelazo 4y ago
    I used to think that as well, and I still agree that the root problem is neoliberalism, if not capitalism itself. But as long as they remain the dominant system, technology will be developed in service to their ends. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60299346-scorched-earth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60299346-scorched-earth