Bad news: tech is making us more unequal. Good news: tech can make us more equal.
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2RBY2)
My latest Guardian column is Technology is making the world more unequal. Only technology can fix this; in it, I argue that surveillance and control technology allow ruling elites to hold onto power despite the destabilizing effects of their bad decisions -- but that technology also allows people to form dissident groups and protect them from intrusive states. (more")