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from the nyt

Our experience of technology has been largely wondrous and positive: The green revolution ameliorated the problem of world hunger (for a time at least) with better seeds and fertilizers to increase harvests. When childhood diseases were ravaging the world, vaccines came along and (nearly) eliminated them. There are medicines for the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS. There is the iPad.

i’m not about to equate the ipad to curing polio, but i was struck by the existence of this paragraph all the same. putting the ipad at the end of it is almost like a punchline - and with no explanation, as if everyone is supposed to nod and be like “oh, yes, the ipad,” as if we all already know the obvious benefits.