Advances in technology can be empowering, progressive and enriching. History has shown this across civilisations and societies. But it has also shown, and the present and future will continue to show,...
There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity...
You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore.
So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.
Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech - and both are still dangerous to this day - but human beings would not be human without...
Technology has given the dumb a tongue
The idea economy is a conversation. Try to channel or control that conversation and you will stop the chatter.
8 Shortest stories, with beautiful meanings !(1) Those who had coins, enjoyed in the rain. Those who had notes, were busy looking for shelter.(2) Man and God both met somewhere. Both exclaimed, "My cr...