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Reminds me of the point made by Ted Chiang that (roughly, from memory) when people express fear of technology, quite often what they really fear is capitalism a
by atq2119 3y ago
Reminds me of the point made by Ted Chiang that (roughly, from memory) when people express fear of technology, quite often what they really fear is capitalism and how it will use the technology.
This goes back all the way to the Luddites, who weren't actually anti-technology/progress. They were opposed to how its benefits were captured and by whom.
- sdwr 3y agoThere's at least 3 prongs there. PvP - someone will use it against me PvE - someone will do it better than me and EvP - it will take something away from our human experience None of those really capture the weight of tradition though. Loss of control is a hard pill to swallow. Feels better to keep on doing the old thing that kinda works, instead of the new unknown.