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Alan Watts

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.

Alan Watts

Technology

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Technology causes harm when people fail to understand that they are deeply connected to the natural world and its unfolding processes. When individuals see themselves as separate from the universe, they misuse technology in ways that disrupt or damage it.

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