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This tool could be a lot more dangerous on many levels than a freaking loom Not quite sure that's how the Luddites viewed it. I suspect they thought that if so

This tool could be a lot more dangerous on many levels than a freaking loom Not quite sure that's how the Luddites viewed it. I suspect they thought that if something is harmful, distressing, dangerous etc, People have the right to question if we’re going in the right direction or not. We've seen the same views with the introduction of every new technology but so far none of them have destroyed the human race. This is seen as something earth shattering now, and in many ways it is but I suspect in time it will become a loom, another tool like all the others. One to be superseded in time by something another step beyond.

ChatGTP 4y ago
We can't keep using the same examples and arguments for different situations. I like the quote: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Nukes, can kill all of us, it's only through non-proliferation effort we stand a chance. Gene drives, we can alter the environment dramatically. Burning coal at scale is arguably a technology, it will kill us if we don't change course. I get you're point of view, I do, but I don't think it's a wise position to continue to take.