Thinking through any negative ramifications of a person's invention is important. The best example is Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite. He did not intend it to be used in a destructive fashion. His aim was that dynamite be used for blasting rocks in order to build roads and bridges. Sometimes negative impacts may not be readily visible but the scientist should strive their best to take all ramifications of the invention into account. I have seen this happen in the pharmacy industry also. Many drug are approved in the USA by the FDA and some years later the side effects of some of the drugs come into light.
To create a temporal space daily is paramount; creativity and innovation require a methodical life style (practiced value preferences, not oral confessions), which is not occupied by the (profit) accumulation and maximization of things. Technology can help us to reduce non-necessary effort, instead of producing more effort.
Thinking through any negative ramifications of a person's invention is important. The best example is Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite. He did not intend it to be used in a destructive fashion. His aim was that dynamite be used for blasting rocks in order to build roads and bridges. Sometimes negative impacts may not be readily visible but the scientist should strive their best to take all ramifications of the invention into account. I have seen this happen in the pharmacy industry also. Many drug are approved in the USA by the FDA and some years later the side effects of some of the drugs come into light.