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> Most technology has nothing to do with internet surveillance or advertising

Yes, but what people want is to make money applying technology, and most of that does in fact have something to do with surveillance and advertising.

This is because control-over-other-people stands out as something which there will always be demand for. Everything else gets easier to supply as technology improves.




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