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Technology is not going to save us, real or imaginary. We have to change our behavior.
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The quote rejects the idea that technology, whether it already exists or is only imagined, will solve our problems for us. It places responsibility on people instead: lasting improvement requires changing how we act. New tools may be useful, but they do not remove the need for human behavior to change.
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