"I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil."
William Gibson
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012
On technology being evil. Or not.
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I totally agree with that. I love my cell phone, and used properly it is a very handy tool to have. Yet, at times, thanks to the inconsideration of others, I have viewed them as evil. But it was the way they were being used, not the tool itself.
ReplyDeleteFacebook, on the other hand...EVIL!
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