Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
I'll post IMO the most interesting slide of the talk.<p>---<p>The Assumptions of Technological Manifest Destiny:<p>1) Technology is VALUE-NEUTRAL, and will therefore automatically lead to good outcomes for everyone.<p>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.<p>3) History is generally uninteresting, because the past has nothing to teach us.<p>---<p>How relevant is this. With Cambridge Analytica scandal and now Google's censored search engine in China. How about self driving cars? Cryptocurrencies?