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by kailoa 6244 days ago
Sometimes technology has a way of overwhelming societies capability to adapt to it.

Cocaine problems in the US. Ultrasound in a country with a one child policy and a strong cultural preference for boys. Here, rigid societal hierarchies are subverted by the anonymity of the internet.

Technology has the amazing power to shape society as well as mirror it.