Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
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The Assumptions of Technological Manifest Destiny
1) Technology is VALUE-NEUTRAL, and will therefore automatically lead to good outcomes for everyone.
2) Thus, new kinds of technology should be deployed as quickly as possible, even if we lack a general idea of how the technology works, or what the societal impact will be.
3) History is generally uninteresting, because the past has nothing to teach us.