What technological development has caused the most harm in human history?
Was interesting to think about this question in both "on net" & "absolute harm" terms. For instance, on net language has done a huge amount of good, in my opinion. But in absolute terms it's played an important role in killing billions of people. Ditto our governance institutions
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Hasn’t it also played an important role in creating those people in the first place?
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Language is the ultimate cause of the ongoing carbon dioxide catastrophy. Related: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event … https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote
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Man, you really do think sidewards
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Language doesn't kill people... _____ kills people.
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