Re:I Transcribed Glenn Greenwald's 30C3 Keynote
by freshhawk on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:23PM
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Technology makes things more efficient, in general. That means those in power have a heightened ability to abuse that power. The idea that technology is a democratizing force is based on wishful thinking.
Technology is not, and has never been, a solution to the concentration of power.
I say that as someone who would absolutely love for this not to be true by the way.
Re:I Transcribed Glenn Greenwald's 30C3 Keynote
by mercer on Friday January 03, 2014 @07:22AM
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Indeed. Perhaps the most hopeful thing to say about technology is that it is a disrupting force, and at least offers some interesting new avenues to explore (both for good, and evil, though).
Technology is not, and has never been, a solution to the concentration of power.
I say that as someone who would absolutely love for this not to be true by the way.