> For those who don't follow, it's a drug.
This whole post is excellent. The downside, no doubt. Again, in my view, the characteristics of a new technology (what it makes it easier, what it makes harder) reflect the kind of society we live in, and reinforce it. This is what my friend Michael Lebowitz refers to when he insists that "the productive forces are not neutral." How would technological change in this sphere be shaped in a cooperative or socialist society?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/opinion/06iht-edwolf.4.7405396.html