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“Above this threshold, energy grows at the expense of equity. Further energy affluence then means decreased distribution of control over that energy.”

Caolan McMahoncaolan.uk ↗

Illich wrote that about cars in 1974. Swap horsepower for compute and it holds up perfectly. The machines got a million times faster and we control less of them than ever. Nobody is going to legislate slower computers, but the diagnosis is dead on.