Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. He was recently aked a question by CNN producer John D. Sutter while at TED Conference in Long Beach, California.
The question was what is the most destructive technology on the planet? Surprisingly, he answered that the internet is. He did say that its not necessarily the internet but what we can use the internet for that is dangerous and destructive. Here is the full article.
I do not agree with him in the sence that the internet is not a problem at all. The problem is us humans and what we do with it. It is up to our conscious and intelligence to use any tool for the betterment of humanity. A perfect example of this is the atomic bomb. Yes its purpose was for mass destruction. But it also ushered in the atomic age. We now have nuclear power plants that provide us with much cleaner energy than other methods. When the arrow was invented, it probably was invented for hunting, yet it was also used for war.
Any new technology has the potential to be used for both good and bad. We have always had to choose between those two options. Nothing has changed. What we really need to worry about is to educate ourselves about the internet and its diversity and put it to good use.
Alysson Luiz Bastos
