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Imagine where humanity would be today if “it’s transformative therefore it should be regulated” was the winning side when the printing press came into existence
by nwoli 3y ago
Imagine where humanity would be today if “it’s transformative therefore it should be regulated” was the winning side when the printing press came into existence
- ethanbond 3y agoI didn't make that argument. I said that it's transformative, therefore we should be cautious, and I don't know if we should or how we could regulate it. But yeah, the hypothetical people saying "everything to come from the printing press will be good" were wrong. It dramatically destabilized society, which mattered quite a lot more to the people living proximally to the printing press than it does to us today. Note: We are likely to live through the pretty gnarly destabilization period and we have a legitimate interest in mitigating how gnarly it gets. And I've not seen a compelling argument as to why all possible technologies need to net out positively in the long run. Would love to hear one though!