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YES and, also let's not use printing press, photography, word processors, spell checkers, internet and search engines because they lack human touch, make us laz
by invisibleink 11mo ago
YES and, also let's not use printing press, photography, word processors, spell checkers, internet and search engines because they lack human touch, make us lazy, prevent deep thinking blah blah...
- philipwhiuk 11mo agoJust because all those other inventions didn't wreck humanity doesn't mean this one won't.
- invisibleink 11mo agoThe point is, every new technology attracts its share of romantic skeptics, and every time they fail then they retreat to the same tired line: "Just because all those other inventions didn't wreck humanity doesn't mean this one won't" But that’s not an argument, it’s an evasion. Given past inventions didn’t destroy us despite similar concerns, then the burden is on you to show why this one is fundamentally different and uniquely catastrophic.