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> Maybe they need a reminder that they manufacture tools - which their users employ to put their intentions into reality. Tools are manufactured with a purpose
by latexr 2y ago
> Maybe they need a reminder that they manufacture tools - which their users employ to put their intentions into reality.
Tools are manufactured with a purpose and intention in mind. It is perfectly reasonable and desirable for the creator of a tool to think about how it is going to be used.
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and was dismayed by its use for war. Ethan Zuckerman apologised for the pop-up ad. John Larson invented the polygraph then spent four decades rallying against it. John Sylvan regretted having invented coffee capsules because of their environmental impact.
If anything, we need more consciousness put into the creation and distribution of tools, not less. Take responsibility for what you make.