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Technology Evolution and the Unintended Impacts
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The unintended consequences of technology can be damaging if rules aren't put in place beforehand to prevent them, as we've seen with the attention economy. However, some technologies have been both needed and internalized by the companies that create them.
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The lack of ethical considerations in technology design has resulted in unforeseen consequences such as the manipulation of human attention through the attention economy.
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Technology Ethics
Summary
The lack of ethical considerations in technology design has resulted in unforeseen consequences such as the manipulation of human attention through the attention economy. A shift towards prioritizing ethics in technology design is necessary.