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wow "when the United States is a service and information economy; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the

• kristianc 2y ago
  On the other hand, people losing the ability to think critically, being concerned at power being concentrated amongst the few and thinking the next generation is more ignorant are perennial concerns since forever.
  • FrustratedMonky 2y ago
    Yes. Example, late state Roman Republic, power concentration into a few Generals with armies. This lead to a dictatorship. But this time, current time, with technology, it seems different. Even though you could make same arguments that the printing press had similar effects and criticisms. Hence this is just another cycle of technology change. But really, does seem different in scale this time around.