“The myth of Prometheus is nothing if not a cautionary tale of these uncontrollable effects of technology.“

Alternatively, consider this: “The myth of Prometheus is an example of how terrible incumbents will act to suppress innovation.” Tech is awesome, transhumanism forever, I’m turning into a giant bald eagle and flying off into the glorious morphologically free future and leaving y’all behind.

Source: The History of Technological Anxiety and the Future of Economic Growth: Is This Time Different? by Mokyr, Vickers and Ziebarth 2015.

Notes

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  3. thriceandonce said: *squints* how on earth is this an anti-technology myth?
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  8. fluffshy reblogged this from evolution-is-just-a-theorem and added:
    Yes.
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  10. theungrumpablegrinch said: Yes. slatestarcodex.com/2017…
  11. evolution-is-just-a-theorem reblogged this from theungrumpablegrinch and added:
    Didn’t someone write a story where Prometheus is a boxed super intelligence? Was it @slatestarscratchpad?
  12. theungrumpablegrinch reblogged this from drethelin and added:
    Hold on there, friend. Have you heard the Good News about Hercules?
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  15. drethelin reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    Free Prometheus. Let Him Go.
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