> answers that anyone comes up with for new technologies are completely worthless. No one knows how any technology will play out or its consequences. The "

> answers that anyone comes up with for new technologies are completely worthless. No one knows how any technology will play out or its consequences. The "Experts. What do they know, huh?!" thing is a little dishonest. Wouldn't you rather give Einstein the benefit of the doubt; that someone who is smart enough to design an atomic bomb is maybe smart enough to understand what it will do? > the people most eager to answer such questions are the people like Postman, people who are Concerned as a hobby No. It's not like these are different groups of people, one virtuous and pure in their desire to "make the world a better place" and another band of unwashed neo-Luddite primitives who jeer and throw rocks. What you're doing is called "splitting" [1]. We desperately need more people like Postman (even better if they have CS degrees too) to relieve us of the delinquent fantasy that "no consequences can be seen". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)