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"Facebook, Twitter, reddit, the Internet itself, the iPhone, and on and on and on—most people dismissed these things as incremental or trivial when they first c

• tannerc 12y ago
  In many ways, yes. In foreign countries (not first world), Facebook has persisted as a primary means of communication; including finding lost relatives or friends and connecting people who have lost someone or something during catastrophic events. There's a lot of additional ways other countries are using the technology that we, here in the US, haven't dreamed of: setting up stores and selling things via Instagram, forming action groups and protest events on Facebook, etc. The iPhone helps in many of those same instances, by connecting people to resources and other individuals. Can there be simpler ways to accomplish the same goals? Absolutely! But the argument isn't to say these technologies are the be-all end-all. Instead, the point is to make it clear that these technologies can absolutely do good for the world if used to do so. Just because you and I use Facebook to stalk our exes doesn't mean it's a useless tool for good.