IVIV (1) There Will be Computers for This

[David Morris]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> I don't have to "worry" about a scary sci-fi future. I live in one, and so do you.

That's why it's not called "future."

> The problem with computers has to do with the power structures the machines reinforce

The power structures have always been there, and they have always used
whatever tools/weapons exist to maintain and increase their power.
There is no problem with computers, per se.

> The tech is neutral and could be a powerful democratizing force but is it really at this point?

So you agree that there is no problem with computers.  Ask those
students in Iran if they think  their computers are a democratizing
force.  Of course guns will always trump, until those holding the guns
decide to change sides, and info might help make that happen.

>  Unions have had a heroic historic role in democratizing the US economy, but [...]

Agreed, which has nothing to do with computers.

David Morris