As a result, larger businesses gain a comparative advantage. He goes so far as to suggest that technology could lead to accidental worldwide destruction because of the restricted time frame for reaction, and because errors are easier to make when removed from the physical presence of an enemy. On the other hand, Kurzweil's perception of the past dwells on chaos rather than nature. While he compares progress to evolution, he uses this process to explain the need for progress and the ever-increasing speed with which progress is made. Kurzweil spends some time establishing his view of acceleration and chaos.
Computation is the essence of order.
It provides the ability for a technology to respond in a variable and appropriate manner to its environment to carry out its mission. Thus computational technology is also an evolutionary process, and also builds on its own progress. So Kurzweil also says that technology grows from nature, but his vision of nature is one of chaos from which the technology is able to extract order. A View of the Present Mander Mander says that what w have now is a greater freedom for the wealthy while the less wealthy suffer from under representation and disenfranchisement. He maintains that large corporations and their advertising fuel the rush to technology.