re from crossbows to cryptography but i think that mind set is a mistake before there were cattle prods governments tortured their prisoners with clubs and rubber hoses before there were lasers for eavesdropping governments used binoculars and lip readers though government certainly uses technology to oppress the evil lies not in the tools but in the wielder of the tools evil and good walk hand in hand it is also important to note that the good in the tools lies in the wielder of the tools in fact technology represents one of the most promis ing avenues available for re capturing our freedoms from those who have stolen them i cannot accept this ridiculous leap in logic technology is neutral to good or evil when technology is used by evil men it is called evil technology when it is used by good men it is called good technology really it is just technology that allows action to be realized more efficently and on a larger scale by its very nature it favors the bright who can put it to use over the dull who can not try not to confused the development of technology with its use certainly bright people will be better at creating technology but even young children know how to program vcr machines are vcr machines not extremely complex to create it favors the adaptable who are quick to see the merit of the new over the sluggish who cling to time tested ways adaptibility and flexibility is always better at enduring than the stiff and stubborn a young child is soft and supple an old man is stiff and inflexible a dripping of water can cut through stone this has nothing to do with technology rather technology just allows us to magnify action and what two better words are there to de scribe government bureaucracy than dull and sluggish i have no objection to this joshp cmu edu o silent o thunder
