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by nercht12 3230 days ago
Interesting article. Thanks for linking!

I think the statement could also be succinctly summarized from a simpleton's perspective as: "Have a problem? Science and tech will eventually find the answer." Science and tech keep answering questions, so it gives the false impression that every problem can be answered with science and tech, which in turn seems to justify - at least in part - every answer science and tech gives.

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>"Have a problem? Science and tech will eventually find the answer."

I used to believe this myself when I was first getting into tech in school and reading Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near.

Then I got into the real world and realized the hardest problems to solve are not technical problems, but people problems.