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0 pointsjay_kyburz5y ago0 comments

I don't think so, I think it's civilization. A lot of people are still slaves in another sense, and tech will not prevent extremists from plunging the world into a new dark age of slavery and poverty.

Tech "empowers" people, but its what we choose to do with that power that makes our lives better (or worse)

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WalterBright5y ago· 2 in thread

You cannot have civilization without technology.

The reason people invent technology is because it makes our lives better.

jay_kyburzOP5y ago

I posed this above Walter, but just wanted to post again in case you didn't see it.

I didn't actually read the link, I'm only responding to the original title which was "There is nothing inherently utopian about technological progress", and while I agree that technical progress is a vital part of achieving utopia, I don't agree that new technology will lead us to utopia without other forces "steering the ship" towards that utopia

WalterBright5y ago

There is something inherently utopian about technological progress, simply because the people doing the progressing are doing it to serve a human need.

After all, people invented knives not to display them on the mantel, but because it would make their lives better.

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