Technology and History: “Kranzberg’s Law”’
Historically, every new
technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic – a social contagion that convinces people the new technology is going to destroy the world, or society, or both. The fine folks at Pessimists Archive have documented these technology-driven moral panics over the... See more
technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic – a social contagion that convinces people the new technology is going to destroy the world, or society, or both. The fine folks at Pessimists Archive have documented these technology-driven moral panics over the... See more
Marc Andreessen • Why AI Will Save the World
A category mistake—erroneously assigning to something a quality or action that is properly attributable only to things of another category—is behind the frequent, but deeply mistaken, conclusion that in this new, electronically enabled world everything can, and will, move much faster.[36] Information and connections do so, and so does the adoption
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
problems, technology may have equipped us with a rational straitjacket that limits our freedom to solve them.
Rory Sutherland • Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense
New technology does not change a culture’s direction. It simply accelerates the change.