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coldtea 3 days ago

>Tech is tech and can be used for both good and bad

It's not that simple, since tech also enables bad that was previously not possible.

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ojbyrne 3 days ago | parent [-]

Just quibbling, but obviously tech also enables good that was previously not possible.

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coldtea 3 days ago | parent [-]

Sure. And if that bad it enables is worse than the good it enables, then tech is not really that neutral.

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ojbyrne 3 days ago | parent [-]

Correct, but then there's all sorts of value judgments involved. And things that are "good" just become part of the background. Makes me think of Louis C.K. and his "Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy" bit but now that sort of highlights the double-edgedness of things.

	▲	AdieuToLogic 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		>>> Just quibbling, but obviously tech also enables good that was previously not possible. >> Sure. And if that bad it enables is worse than the good it enables, then tech is not really that neutral. > Correct, but then there's all sorts of value judgments involved. The problem is when the form of "bad" enabled has no remedy. For example, identifying potential dissidents and their "network of associates" to authoritarian regimes. In these cases, there is no amount of "things that are 'good'" which can offset the "bad".