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The Myth of Inevitability

Margaret Heffernan argues that, in the world of technology, there's nothing inevitable about the future.

Margaret Heffernan argues that, in the world of technology, there's nothing inevitable about the future.

"I'm not saying that automation isn't a big trend or that driverless cars aren't a possibility", she writes, "but there is nothing about them that is inevitable".

She believes all these assertions of inevitability have agendas. "If we let Silicon Valley hijack our future", she says, "we gain the comfort of certainty, but lose our freedom".

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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10 minutes

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Sun 13 Oct 2019 08:48

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  • Fri 11 Oct 2019 20:50
  • Sun 13 Oct 2019 08:48

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