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"where technology is used to distract, extract, surveil, and kill" The first general purpose, programmable computer was designed in 1945 to calculate artillery
by cdot2 5mo ago
"where technology is used to distract, extract, surveil, and kill"
The first general purpose, programmable computer was designed in 1945 to calculate artillery firing tables for the US Army and was immediately used to help design nuclear weapons. Computers and all technology has always been, and will always be, used as a weapon (either directly or indirectly).
- MattyRad 5mo agoSee below that: 'Don't believe self-serving lies about technologies being "inevitable" or "here to stay". You don't have to just go along with the dominant narrative. You can make deliberate choices and help others to do the same.'
- cdot2 5mo agoWhat technology has been invented and abandoned due to moral reasons?