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This document discusses concerns about technology and the potential for dystopian futures. It explores how increased technology usage and lack of technology literacy could consolidate power and potentially lead to robot overlords or angry android sheep. It argues that increasing technology literacy and avoiding consolidation of power may help society avoid dystopian outcomes.
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