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The mantra I usually hear around here in regards to tech's harms--like putting people out of work--is to make the advances and let society adapt. It seems very

• aaronem 12y ago
  Well, someone's going to do it.
  • mkr-hn 12y ago
    That doesn't mean the person who does it can't think about ways to deal with the social implications.
    • cortesoft 12y ago
      Right, but it does mean the solution isn't "Just don't build the weapon"
      • mkr-hn 12y ago
        I'm not the one saying that.
    • seanflyon 12y ago
      Once you invent something, it exists; You have little power over the social implications.
• seanflyon 12y ago
  I think that technology that provides goods and services more efficiently is quite different from technology that kills people more efficiently. Think of all those hunters and gatherers who were put out of work with the advent of farming, or all those farmers who lost their jobs when we switched away from a subsistence farming economy. "Make the advances and let society adapt" has worked quite well in the past.