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Has technology evolved beyond our control?

15-Jun-2018

Key points from article :

New technologies are not neutral facilitators.

They embody politics and biases, extending beyond nations.

Enlightenment ideal was distributing more information ever more widely.

Where does all this data go, who owns it, and when might it come out?

Our current planet life support systems depend on these technologies.

We have to think, and think again, and keep thinking.

Technology has more power than ever but remains vulnerable to programming biases and errors