You can do it. All great things have a down side. The printing press permits pornography and hate propaganda. The radio makes dumb talk and bad music ubiquitous. Cars have wrecked our environment.
Planes destroy community.
There is no such thing as the unambivalently good technology. I don't think it's a fruitful way of looking at the remorseless development of ideas. Click here for printer-friendly version of this article. All rights reserved.