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__MatrixMan__10/01/20242 repliesview on HN

It sort of bugs me when people who claim that a problem cannot be solved with technology act like that problem was caused by technology. You get both or neither, you can't have just one.


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asmor10/01/2024

Of course you can. Technology can irreversibly change societies.

Do you have a technical solution to the potential for mutually assured destruction through nuclear weapons?

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Terr_10/01/2024

I'm with you in the first sentence, but the second doesn't make sense to me.

All 4 combinations of (not-)solved-by-tech and (not-)caused-by-tech are possible.

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