Unraveling Civilization: The Wisdom Deficit in Harnessing Technological Power

We’re not always wise about how best to use our own discoveries in the interest of our own survival. That wisdom, I think, lags. We invented social media, that’s really cool. And then we find out that entire factions get together, feed misinformation, and it shifts politics of the world. That can’t be good. We need someone right next to every kind of walking alongside as the next device, the next bit of technology, especially when the technology wields power. There’s always someone walking among us who has nefarious objectives and will use some of our greatest technology for the unraveling of civilization. Are we wise enough to control the power that we create for ourselves? And I don’t think we are.