juergen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Betterwww.joanwestenberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down152
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minus-squarex4740N@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoI prefer the saying “technology is a tool and a tool can be used for good or evil” or something like that You can use a hammer to hammer nails or to injure someone Technology can make the world better if its in the right hands for example open source hardware & software
minus-squarebeans1013@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago“La science sans conscience n’est que ruine de l’âme”
minus-squareAWittyUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoYou could say the same thing about splitting atoms.
minus-squareShou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoThat’s also technology. Used for good and evil.
minus-squarecomfydecal@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAgreed, but things act differently at scale and it’s not like there’s 10 billion+ hammers being used at the same time, almost all of the time, for years on end
I prefer the saying “technology is a tool and a tool can be used for good or evil” or something like that
You can use a hammer to hammer nails or to injure someone
Technology can make the world better if its in the right hands for example open source hardware & software
“La science sans conscience n’est que ruine de l’âme”
You could say the same thing about splitting atoms.
That’s also technology. Used for good and evil.
Agreed, but things act differently at scale and it’s not like there’s 10 billion+ hammers being used at the same time, almost all of the time, for years on end