IEEE Technology and Society Magazine - March 2023 - 6
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Editorial
Toxic Technology
Jeremy Pitt
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Imperial College London
SW7 2BT London, U.K.
g " It was the best of times, it was the worst of
times, ... " So begins Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two
Cities, set during the French Revolution of the late
18th century, highlighting the coexistence of radical
opposites and contrasting extremes in a period of
uncertainty, political upheaval, and rapid technological
development.
How, then, might Dickens introduce a putative
story set during the (so-called) information revolution
of the early 21st century, highlighting the coexistence
of radical opposites and contrasting extremes
in a period of uncertainty, political upheaval, and
rapid technological development? Would he write:
it was an age of enrichment, it was an age of impoverishment?
Or: it was an age of empowerment, it was
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an age of helplessness? Or: it was the epoch of credulity,
it was the epoch of cynicism?
Undeniably, the ubiquitous global internet combined
with mobile personal communication devices
has enriched the lives of billions, but-and at the same
time-has impoverished people and public life in
many subtle ways. For example, ride-sharing technology
has made personal transportation more convenient
for those that can afford it, but it has also devastated the
lives, families, and finances of taxi drivers (while massively
enriching, financially, a very few) [1]. Putting a
mega-casino in everyone's pocket has made a form of
entertainment (i.e., gambling) readily accessible to billions,
but it has also devastated the lives, families, and
finances of gambling addicts (while massively enriching,
financially, a very few) [2], [3].
Moreover, having potentially unrestricted access
to knowledge and expertise and being potentially
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