Originally Posted by
wphamilton
.... Data gives us the tools to improve ourselves, our environment, other things. If that motivation is not present, or if a person doesn't see how it could be used, then it is pointless to him. But not to others.
The thing is... technology involves doing things differently.... change. People naturally resist change. Did the original Luddites slow the progress of mills (and other factories)? Yes they did. And hungry, naked, children continued to be the norm for decades longer than they needed to. People today complain about "consumerism"... like warm clothing being too labor intensive to use for children's clothing was a good thing?!?!?
The ONLY way we really benefit from the new tech is to
embrace it. Then learn to bend and mold the technology (and our own habits).