I was on the bus yesterday and I noticed everyone on their phone. Almost everyone. We got on our phone and we find that most of us relentlessly entertaining. The idea of being deprived of that entertainment is, is, makes us sad. Some people missed it. You mentioned Ted Chang, you're talking about. He's a science fiction writer and very thoughtful comment are on on technology generally. I would phrase his criticism of capitalism a little differently. Capitalism is really good at giving us what we want. And sometimes we wish that someone would help us be better. But he doesn't believe in the precautionary principle at all. That's my term for it - constantly evaluating things based on evidence

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