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> "I bemoaned that humanity seems to be serving technology rather than the other > way around. I argued that tech corporations have become too powerful and thei
by timoth3y 2y ago
> "I bemoaned that humanity seems to be serving technology rather than the other
> way around. I argued that tech corporations have become too powerful and their
> power must be curtailed."
> That's a generic problem with corporatism and monopoly, not "tech".
If you wound enjoy a deep and rigorous treatment of this subject, I strongly recommend Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology."
He argues that modern technology is fundamentally different from historical technology, and that corporatism and monopoly are the inevitable result of technology.