Technology Makes You Ungovernable
By taking away tools of oppression and empowering individuals, technology forces people to adopt better norms. Moral progress is primarily caused by human prudence in the face of unprecedented change.
You can’t understand how the modern era came about without understanding the revolutionary effects of the printing press. Its low cost and high speed enabled protestants to flood Europe with bibles, ending the reign of Latin-speaking gatekeepers. Protestant farmers increasingly saw it as a moral obligation to teach their children how to read (causing li…
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