Technology's Societal Impact
The cluster centers on debates about whether technology benefits or harms society and human well-being, with criticisms of over-fetishization, soul-eating effects, and failure to fix human nature contrasted against defenses of its improvements and connectivity.
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The better solution? To not fetishize technology.
Love to downvote anyone suggesting that technology has consequences
Nice story. Tech is not always an improvement. In fact, the more years I live, the less enamored with tech I’ve become due to many examples like this.
Its not viable to stop the world from using technology and use it just because it goes against your personal preference.
humanity serves technology... like being glued to a screen all day
True. Sometimes we pursue technology to its own ends forgetting that technology is supposed to help humans.
I think about this "tech has it so much better" take often: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11370776
You think that all tech is doing is destroying society?
Takes a bit of perspective shift to realize tech is a means to end and not the end itself.
Point me to the change in human nature, and not the change in technology please.