Technology
Convenience is not the same as progress
The easiest technology to use is not always the technology that serves us best.
Person holding white Android smartphone in white shirt.
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Every new tool promises to save us time. Few ask what we give up in return: attention, privacy, or the skills we stop practising because a machine does it for us.
The argument
The systems we rely on are only as useful as they are trustworthy. Choices made now will shape how people experience technology for years.
This is not a call to slow everything down. It is a call to be honest about who is affected, to show our reasoning and to leave room for people who see it differently.
What comes next
We will keep asking who benefits from each new convenience, and who pays for it.
“Convenience is not the same as progress.”
About the writer
Noah Bennett
Noah covers emerging technology, digital rights and the relationship between people and the systems they use.
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