Techno-pessimists largely agree. Tech companies are turning us into cybernetic organisms. The difference is, we’re not stoked about it. Even if “progress” really is “inevitable,” there’s no sense in getting all giddy about nuclear warheads or trans children or smartphone dependency. In light of their vices and virtues, some cultures are better than others.
It’s true that humans are tool-users, by nature, but you have to
choose your tools wisely. All technologies fall on a spectrum, albeit
with discrete punctuation—from cave painting to the printing press to
electrodes that write memes directly onto your wiggling brain cells.
Every person has to draw their own lines....<<<Read More>>>...
