| You may be right. But also consider this: what is "technology"? It's a technique or tool. You're right that technology must be used correctly by humans with the right moral motives. And when tech is marshalled for good purposes, look at the marvels it can create. Smartphones could not exist today as personal devices without tremendous investment and human energy put into securing cellphones and stopping hundreds of thousands of criminals from breaking into our cell phones, stealing our identities, and emptying our bank accounts. The firewall to prevent this is not people alone -- it is also automated systems and technology operated by people at banks and telecoms. To grow their wealth, the accomplish that goal, the owners and stakeholders of these firms are committed to maintaining security -- because the worse thing to be is an untrustworthy company surrounded by competitors with a solid reputation. That right there is the problem with government -- there's NO competition. You have to live with the government you have. And if both parties are corrupt, well, that's where America is today. Most of our governors and senators are in on the game of robbing from the public and selling out our workers' livelihood to China. And so the only way to can defeat them is for We the People to be strong -- but we also need technology to help us -- fraud fighting technology, social media outrage to keep our governors in check, and as a last resort personal firearms -- another technology. The samurai were big believers in technology. That's why they built castles like Himeji that magnificently still stand today :- ) |