Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by lynx23 1149 days ago
Like kitchen knives, which are used to end unhappy relationships. Is this really an argument we should be talking about? Wouldn't you feel silly presenting such an argument, to a household knive maker?
1 comments

That comparison holds up better if you imagine a world without knives or sharp objects of any kind. Now you can suddenly do tremendous harm by wielding a pointy stick. I don't think it's reaching to point out the dangers you just introduced.

With great power comes .... ? Profit?

Except that world used to exist, back in the stone age, and we're all far better off now because we didn't choose to live in fear of the misuse of powerful tools.
I wouldn’t want to be around the first few guys with pointy weapons, but I am sure you would be fine.