Five Questions to Ask of Any New Technology

“Because we can” is not an adequate reason to pursue a new technology. Nor is “because it is new.”

Eric Weiner

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“You can’t stop progress” surely ranks as one of the most dangerous myths of our time. So deeply ingrained is this reflexive passivity that we rarely stop to question it. The result: we give new technology a pass. Otherwise…

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Eric Weiner

Philosophical Traveler. Recovering Malcontent. Author of four books, including my latest: “The Socrates Express.”