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Technology in the age of technological ignorance - Magical Realist - Apr 1, 2026
This is even more true in this dawning age of AI! Human race! Be forewarned!
"We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements - transportation, communications, and all other industries; agriculture, medicine, education, entertainment, protecting the environment; and even the key democratic institution of voting - profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."
Carl Sagan ; The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark