Opinion: Remember when we believed in Tech for Good?

There was an idea I used to hold onto fiercely: Techno-utopianism.  Put simply, it’s the belief that through advancing technology we could advance humanity, leading us as a species to our fullest potential. Soon enough, we would be living in a sci-fi world, zipping through the stars, devoted to great pursuits like advancing knowledge, curing all diseases and extending human life, using replicators to generate meals, and hanging out in the holodeck. Well, it turns out that we are actually living in a sci-fi world now. Except that it’s closer to a cyberpunk dystopia. As has been predicted in so […]... Keep on reading: Opinion: Remember when we believed in Tech for Good?

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