> [T]echnology is about taking what’s out there in the world, and harnessing it for human purposes.

Technology is indeed about transforming existing nature into utility and producing waste thrown back into nature.

Knowing what we know about current terrifying climate and ecological breakdown, it's astonishing that Wolfram doesn't include it in any way in his visions. Even at the current pace nature regenerates far too slow to withstand this "progress", let alone in the visions in this article.

New technology is a choice to destroy nature for utility. Are we sure that utility is worth it?