It might be the most innovative and most productive place but how does it affect the rest of the world ? Let us not forget the other side of the coin. (1) On o

It might be the most innovative and most productive place but how does it affect the rest of the world ? Let us not forget the other side of the coin. (1) On one side - tech has magically enhanced the world and our lives. Socially, it has freed us from opression and gave us all a voice, ...etc (2) On the other side - tech has disconnected us from nature and has negatively affected the environment, by making us much more efficient at extracting and transforming nature (raw materials) into goods. Socially, even though everyone has a voice, it's lost in the cacophony - everyone tries to out-shout everyone else; we're constantly fighting for each other's attention, we're walking around looking at screens while our children are pulling our hands and screaming for our attention. And so on.. So is 'innovation' good or bad ? The answer is some union between (1) and (2). Only the future will definetely answer this. It so in our nature to look at the extremes and ignore the other side of the coin that some are only going to see (1) and some are only going to see (2). And for those who see only (2), Sillicon Valley, with all the good intentions, might just be the most destructive place in the world.