The Head Of Google X Reveals Its Anti-Technology Mission Statement

Deconstruct those interfaces and you wind up with a pile unanswered questions. For example: is voice dictation to a computer really easier then typing or handwriting for most people? Can you organize your thoughts out-loud such that you can narrate them easily, without spending a lot of time saying "no delete the last sentence".

Take whatever moral insight from this you want, but the key insight here is that it would be ridiculous to hold back technology for fear of people losing their livelihoods that the old technology gave them.

From there you can go in any number of directions. Some say that social security policies are the answer, some disagree. Take what side you will in that debate, but do debate it, as it is a problem that needs to be solved. But once again, to try to hold back technological progress is inconceivable, impossible, and inadvisable.