Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“I used to be a techno-optimist. Today, I’m not so sure. Don’t get me wrong. I do not bemoan the invention of antibiotics. I have little respect for primitivism. Either they haven’t thought through how many children and pregnant women live every year because technology has made their diseases preventable or survivable, or you’re a psychopath. But I’m less sure than I was in the past that technology has been overwhelmingly good for humans. Maybe it’s just that I turned 40. Being middle-aged will have one wondering whether maybe stuff really was better when I was younger — or even earlier.” (03/27/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/not-a-techno-optimist-nor-a-pessimist