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The world doesn't just contain optimists and pessimists, and wise and unwise technology users. It contains enemies of civilization as well. And knowledge is impartial. It can be used for good or evil. But the enemies of civilization all necessarily have one thing in common. They are wrong. And... show more
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@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland I typically agree with most of your ideas, as expressed in your books. But on this one, I don’t think it is rigorous to associate speed with good. Many guys can act fast to defend their selfish interests, in conflict with the common good. Blind acceleration could be a disaster.

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland Propaganda discourse disguised as epistemology. Procustean bed of ideology.Enemies of civilization are in each culture and enemies of cultures are in technological civilization.We must put wisdom over knowledge,knowledge over science science over technology. Speed is arms race.

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland ❤️🩹 The problem is we all assume we're the good guys.

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland True, they increase the noise to signal ratio

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland Voluntary everything is the only truly ethical way forward from here.

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland Yes, you may be right about acceleration, but only because knowledge of knowledge, with its prior commitment to truth, is not, and cannot be, impartial.

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland The only defence is speed? This is the characteristic of our times. I thought the only defence is thought!

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland Who are the good guys?

@theRSAorg @theRSAScotland Godspeed.

