It's not possible to truly know the counterfactual. However it is clear that technological progress could have been directed toward the utopia. Instead, social inequality in big parts of the Western world is on the rise, with many people getting poorer.
Technology holds the promise of solving fundamental problems, right? And I think it's good to have high expectations for technological progress.
And yes there is at least a hint of technological solutions exacerbating the fundamental problem arising from the human condition. Social media for one seems to be a radically different form or quantity of communication. I find it easy to see that things have gone a little haywire.
> Technology holds the promise of solving fundamental problems, right?
I don't think so, I think it only amplifies the human condition, in a neutral way.
Non-profit organisations are benefitting from technology just the same as profit driven ones.
The free software movement has quite literally put the means of production in the hands of the workers, and it didn't lead to a communist utopia this time either.
The internet can be seen as evil in china because it's used for censorship and propaganda, and good in the west because it's used for freedom and democracy.
Technology holds the promise of solving fundamental problems, right? And I think it's good to have high expectations for technological progress.
And yes there is at least a hint of technological solutions exacerbating the fundamental problem arising from the human condition. Social media for one seems to be a radically different form or quantity of communication. I find it easy to see that things have gone a little haywire.