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The flaw in this argument is that although the power of the machines is making advances appear faster to make humans less important, the power of humans to use
by coldcode 13y ago
The flaw in this argument is that although the power of the machines is making advances appear faster to make humans less important, the power of humans to use the advances for no good is increasing at the same rate. Thus Google knows when you are going on a trip but someone hacks Target for millions of credit cards in a way no one notices for weeks. Technology is a two edged sword.
- allochthon 13y agoI don't think this point contradicts anything Friedman said: Put all these advances together, say the authors, and you can see that our generation will have more power to improve (or destroy) the world than any before ...