[nessbot]

technology doesn't just advance itself

[bnchrch]

No, but one thing is certain, in large human systems you can only redirect greed, you can't stop it.

[lo_zamoyski]

This is true. We have a choice...in principle.

But in practice, it's like stopping an arms race.

[hollerith]

Which arms race? The nuclear arms race of the Cold War? That one got stopped.

[alex_duf]

If the incentive is there, the technology will advance. I hear "we need to slow down the progress of technology", but that's misunderstanding _why_ it progresses. I'm assuming the slow down camp really need to look into what's the incentive to slow down.

Personally I don't think it's possible at this stage. The cat's out of the bag (this new class of tools are working) the economic incentive is way too strong.