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Not necessarily true. It depends on whether you think technology is a part of the problem or the solution. I would recommend Jacques Ellul's "The Technological
by zenogais 13y ago
Not necessarily true. It depends on whether you think technology is a part of the problem or the solution. I would recommend Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society" for a decent treatment of this point and a fairly convincing refusal of the idea that decentralised technology makes dystopia harder - it's just a different kind of dystopia.
- rayiner 13y agoI think technology is neutral. At the end of the day, it's always people that are the problem and the solution. The same technology that allows a despot to oppress people more easily simultaneously makes it easier for a faction to overthrow him. Consider Hitler's Germany. There were factions within the military that tried to overthrow him, but failed. My assertion is that widely distributed technology makes it easier for factions like that to succeed.