I agree the effects are asymmetric. an important consideration behind all of this is that there is very little that government or power can do to extend the liv

I agree the effects are asymmetric. an important consideration behind all of this is that there is very little that government or power can do to extend the lives of humans, and very much they can do to shorten them. When we thing of "good vs bad" it is important to consider how permanently malevolent many choices can be and how limited is our ability to recover. we can never undo an unjust loss of life. Technology as an amplifier for human behavior always more _potential_ for harm in the wrong hands and applications. As people, we are very sanguine about the way technology can improve things, and we have see a lot of real improvement. But we're not out of the woods yet.