Because technologies essentially never go extinct, attempts to prohibit or eliminate harmful technologies are doomed; the proper response is not to get rid of them but to do something else with them.

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Speaker

Kevin Kelly

Evidence Quote

when we come to you know understand what we want to do with technologies particularly ones that we think are harmful is that we basically can't get rid of them we have to do something else with them

Source

Kevin Kelly on Technology and What Technology Wants 11/29/2010EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:09:26 AM

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