"Albert Einstein said, 'Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.' Took me awhile, but I finally see his point. How often have we changed the dream of progress, only to see that dream perverted? More often than not, haven't the machines we built to improve life shattered the lives of millions? And now we want to turn that dream on ourselves, to fundamentally improve who we are. Experience has shown me how dangerous that can be. When faced with difficult choices, sometimes I considered human lives and suffering but other times, my own interests were paramount. Did I always do the right thing? Or did the presence of an easy answer lead me astray? Technologies are invented to make our lives easier β not our choices. The problem comes when we forget that. Darrow understood this. He knew that using technology to becoming something more than we are risks losing our ability to love, aspire or make moral choices β the very things that make us Human. It also risks giving some men the power to make others what they choose β regardless of the cost to human dignity. The suffering Darrow inflicted is not the end of the world. It is merely the seed for change. And change never comes without pain."
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