I mean, yeah. People who develop technologies don’t change the systems, and it’s very, very wrong if we ask them to. If you rely on technology company to come up with the system, hyperloop happens. Don’t let another hyperloop happen, don’t come to technology company for the change of the system.
The thing is, by and large, we’re already almost “post scarcity”. We have no problems requiring technical solutions; we already have the tech. There’s no polio that requires Salk. We’ve solved most of our problems, we just don’t like the solutions.
Better tech won’t fix that because that’s not a tech problem.
I mean, yeah. People who develop technologies don’t change the systems, and it’s very, very wrong if we ask them to. If you rely on technology company to come up with the system, hyperloop happens. Don’t let another hyperloop happen, don’t come to technology company for the change of the system.
Hyperloop was a delibarate diversion tactic by a car company owner to kill discussion about an actually realistic train project
And that’s only one of the many reasons technocompanies should stay in their lane, and shouldn’t be asked to be involved in policy decisions.
The thing is, by and large, we’re already almost “post scarcity”. We have no problems requiring technical solutions; we already have the tech. There’s no polio that requires Salk. We’ve solved most of our problems, we just don’t like the solutions.
Better tech won’t fix that because that’s not a tech problem.