A technology nobody directs enters each society through the story already running there and is remade by it before it remakes the story, so its impact differs by constellation and the only steering available is over which story it enters and how. Ansary, ch. 25: "The rise of the machine was not a product of human intention"; "No one could have impeded its advance. No one could determine its direction, and no one could control its social impact"; "Everywhere it went, the machine was entering a story already in progress"; "It might drastically change the worldview it was entering once it was part of the picture, but first, it had to become part of the picture"; "No one can stop technology or determine its impact, but at the same time, no force can erase social narratives or mitigate their influence." That this is the strongest historical case against our bet that correction can keep pace with capability, and that the lever it leaves is the receiving story, which a collective can build, is Leo's step.

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The rise of the machine was not a product of human intention.
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No one could have impeded its advance. No one could determine its direction, and no one could control its social impact.
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Everywhere it went, the machine was entering a story already in progress.
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It might drastically change the worldview it was entering once it was part of the picture, but first, it had to become part of the picture.
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No one can stop technology or determine its impact, but at the same time, no force can erase social narratives or mitigate their influence.

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