@docpop@mastodon.social sure, technology helps a LOT - but what is technology if people don't adapt to use it? public transport, etc, i know i'm missing a lot here

@docpop So you go wash your clothes by hand then

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So, we can't just launch all of the billionaires into space, for the journey to Musk City on Mars?

@docpop Yes. Or as I saw it expressed many years ago on Usenet, "Don't look for Star Trek solutions to Babylon 5 problems".

@docpop Except self flushing toilets

@docpop Except thermonuclear devices, of course.

@docpop No, but technology can amplify societal problems, making a small problem into a huge problem. Sometimes this is even intentional. Amplifying societal divisions into much larger divisions is a big part of the Russian propaganda strategy online, for example.

@docpop Global thermo-nuclear war solves all problems though.

@docpop says the person who doesn't have nukes.

@docpop True. But won't make us many friends

@docpop And engineers should never be in charge of anything that involves people as part of the "What" question.

How yes.

What, never.

@docpop We can save the world with a carefully selected series of self-tapping signs