The following aphorisms by Jerry Mander are quoted in Computer-related risks , an excellent book by one of the big names in computer risks and security, Peter Neumann. They are a wonderful source of valuable questions and ideas, though, and I hope they provide you with as much food for thought as they have me. 0. Since most of what we are told about new technology comes from its proponents, be deeply skeptical of all claims. Every technology has inherent and identifiable social, political, and environmental consequences. The fact that technology has a natural flash and appeal is meaningless.
Negative attributes are slow to emerge.
Never judge a technology by the way it benefits you personally. Seek a holistic view of its impacts. The operative question here is how the individual technology fits the larger one. Cite the figures about crime, suicide, alienation, drug abuse, as well as environmental and cultural degradation. Such attitudes induce passivity and confirm victimization.