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It's an old argument of tech capitalists that nothing can be done because technology's advance is like a physical law of nature. It's not; we can control it an
by mmooss 10mo ago
It's an old argument of tech capitalists that nothing can be done because technology's advance is like a physical law of nature.
It's not; we can control it and we can work with other countries, including adversaries, to control it. For example, look at nuclear weapons. The nuclear arms race and proliferation were largely stopped.
- MangoCoffee 10mo agoTechnology improves every year; better chips that consume less electricity come out every year. Apple's M1 chip shows you don't need x86, which consumes more electricity and runs cooler for computing. Tech capitalists also make improvements to technology every year
- mmooss 10mo agoI agree absolutely (though I'd credit a lot of other people in addition to the capitalists). How does that apply to this discussion?
- machinationu 10mo agoPhilosophers argued since 200 years ago, when the steam engine was invented, that technology is out of our control and forever was, and we are just the sex organs for the birth of the machine god.
- goatlover 10mo ago"There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it." - Cicero
- Yeask 10mo agoCan you please gave us sources of your claim? "Philosophers" like my brother in law or you mean respected philosophers?
- machinationu 10mo agoHeidegger, Deleuze & Guattari, Nick Land
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- Yeask 10mo agoPhilosophers after 1900 are kind of irrelevant.
- Alex2037 10mo ago>It's an old argument of tech capitalists that nothing can be done because technology's advance is like a physical law of nature. it is. >The nuclear arms race and proliferation were largely stopped. 1. the incumbents kept their nukes, kept improving them, kept expanding their arsenals. 2. multiple other states have developed nukes after the treaty and suffered no consequences for it. 3. tens of states can develop nukes in a very short time. if anything, nuclear is a prime example of failure to put a genie back in the bottle.
- mmooss 10mo ago> kept improving them, kept expanding their arsenals. They actually stopped improving them (test ban treaties) and stopped expanding their arsenals (various other treaties).