>After storm damage in the spring and a skeleton crew in the summer, the institute was fully reopened in October with a new director and a new mission: It will be a home for technologists to reckon with what they have built.
Isn't it safe to say that most people who invent/develop things are not capable of forseeing all possible uses of their technology?
>“They wonder if they’re doing the right thing for humanity,” Mr. Tauber said. “These are questions we can only answer behind closed doors.”
I genuinely laughed at that comment. We are only usually able to see the consequences of our actions/past as Steve Jobs would say " when we connect the dots going backwards"
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 9.9 ms ] threadIsn't it safe to say that most people who invent/develop things are not capable of forseeing all possible uses of their technology?
>“They wonder if they’re doing the right thing for humanity,” Mr. Tauber said. “These are questions we can only answer behind closed doors.”
I genuinely laughed at that comment. We are only usually able to see the consequences of our actions/past as Steve Jobs would say " when we connect the dots going backwards"