when you invent the ship you also invent the shipwerck

2025-03-14 10:17

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Tags:quotes, technology, philosophy

when-you-invent-the-ship-you-also-invent-the-shipwerck

"When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution... Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress." - Paul Virilio

References

From the comment section of the video by Eric Schmidt, Former CEO of Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgpYiysQjeI

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