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alpha0  ·  4907 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the Internet Doing to our Brains?
> "Technology is neither good nor bad, it's how we use it"

In a general sense true but also a misleading cliche. Some technologies may not afford the choice that the above implies is always present.





caio  ·  4905 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I would agree that it's a question of choice. The example that comes to mind is a soldier in the battlefield: should he use his gun to kill his enemies, advance his position and protect himself or not? I would suggest, though, that the choice isn't implied in the technology. That is to say, even though a gun is a machine built for destruction, there's a choice in using or not using it for that purpose. In other words, there might be some conditioning factors outside the technology that influence the way it is used.

So I would agree with you that, yes, in a general sense, it is true, but misleading. But I would argue that the misleading is not in the actual technology itself, but in the circumstances of its usage.

thenewgreen  ·  4907 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The technologies referenced in the talk. You are right though, some technologies are intrinsically "bad" by design.
abcde  ·  4907 days ago  ·  link  ·  
meh...