Being Smart, Being Good, and Not Being at All

The advantages of being smart, but not being good - are well-known. And this is one of the problems of Capitalism.

The latest, successful technologies give those who adopt them - huge advantages over those, who do not. And one of those advantages, is it allows them to bypass moral considerations.

This problem is well-known, and has resisted any solution. But a far bigger problem, in my opinion, is a solution that is popular, but not well-recognized - not being.

This gives its practitioners a huge advantage - they cannot be held responsible for anything that happens, especially bad things.

They are moral robots, that can be used by the powers that be - whatever they are.

That last of these technologies - is the Computer, with its networks, the Internet and the Cellular. That have merged in the Phone, that is now seen everywhere in the world!

What is the power behind this?

This is not hard to discern - money, or capitalism in another form. A person, with their Phone in their hand, is a direct extension of that power.

Money is talking through them. And it is so easy to use, no thinking is required at all!

In America, this is what is behind the Presidency of Trump. A man who cannot think, but only react emotionally to circumstances.

There is a parallel in Software Design - called React. The objects in this ecosystem, respond to whatever messages are sent to them. These responses, can include desirable social responses - if that is programmed into them.

But this is not being done very much, because it is not profitable - it does not make money for the organizations who employ the programmers.

In the short run, that is - but the long run is not even considered.