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You are forgeting that corporations are "controlling" technology nowadays, in our current model of society, and corps are managed to have the biggest profit mar
by oscargrouch 12y ago
You are forgeting that corporations are "controlling" technology nowadays, in our current model of society, and corps are managed to have the biggest profit margins they can; So in the end technology are being advanced specially in areas it can help the corps to have higher margins
That's how the previous comment makes perfect sense
- andreasvc 12y agoI believe that control is limited. Even with copious amounts of money, not all technology is possible, or possible right now; e.g., flying cars, nuclear fusion, quantum computing. Corporations have some leeway in choosing what to invest in but they are predominantly driven by short-term considerations of profitability. I think that in the longer term, technology is something that happens to us while we're busy making other plans (paraphrasing Woody Allen).