But it is power we should not have, and fortunately do not have. Doheny-Farina's expectation amounts in essence to the expectation that technology could contain inherent values. Yes, safeguards can be built into any system, such as the checks and balances in a good accounting system. But what keeps them in place is not the technology, but people's commitment to keeping them. We cannot expect technology alone to solve ethical dilemmas.
Technology is a tool made by people to meet people's needs.
Like all tools, it can be used in ways undreamed of by the inventor. Like all tools, it will change the user in unexpected and profound ways. I think dissent is a good word. In the creation and application of new technology there will always be disagreement about what to do. As Porush says very well, technology cannot be turned on and off, or simply ignored by those who choose to ignore it.