Quote: (12-28-2016 10:23 PM)Rob Banks Wrote:
Quote: (12-28-2016 09:06 PM)chakalaka Wrote:
Technology has nothing to do with the decline.
So you think it is a mere coincidence that the so-called decline began right after the Industrial Revolution, and that said decline seems to accelerate as technology advances?
Sure, in theory we should be able to "regulate" technology so that it doesn't lead to social and moral decline, but in theory we should also be able to make socialism work by "regulating" the economy.. In practice, though, you can't regulate human nature away.
Other empires have fallen. And I don´t think it was because of any technology advancement. Technology is a good thing. A very good thing. It allows me to write in this forum. And gather incredible knowledge. Specially military technology. If in the future we could have only robot wars. And the losses be only economically. This would be great.
There were a group of people in the last century who were against technology. They would go around putting bombs in factories. I already googled them. But can´t find their name. We have to understand as a society what´s happening. And create solutions. Just because it has the word startup the nerds think they don´t have to respect the rules. Same line of thought than China.