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> Too many people create new tools, tech, etc. without really stopping to take a moment and think or have a discussion on what the absolute worst case applications of their creation will be

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." -Jeffrey L. Goldblum when ILM showed him an early screening of Jurassic Park.

> In many such cases the creators sleep easy at night with the justification that it's not THEIR fault people are misusing their platforms, they provided a neutral tool and are absolved of all responsibility.

The age old question of gun control.

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Guns (and really most forms of progress in warfare and violence) undoubtedly fall under a similar conundrum.

Funny to note that at least one inventor who contributed greatly to modern warfare (the creator of the gatling gun) did seem to reflect on his future impact but figured it'd go in the opposite direction- that a weapon that could replace a hundred soldiers with one would make wars smaller and less devastating, not more!