h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I’m watching the US sci fi tv series “Person of Interest” as I write this so I would agree with Robbie that we need to be aware of the danger inherent in handing over responsibility for making decisions to mechanical systems (for example, the computer systems that run stock markets). However, I would also say that the fact that this debate has, in one form or another, been around since Plato should indicate the danger of looking for final solutions. The essential problem humans suffer from is what Paul Ricoeur referred to as the tragic will to totalise; we are constantly attempting to make sense of our world by trying to force everything into a unified vision.
You recognise the problem of the chaotic period of development but miss the point that we are always living in this liminal space, constantly opposing that messiness with our belief that we can make sense of things. So I would answer your (and Plato’s) question by saying that we don’t resolve it but we should indeed be vigilant about anything that we tend to take for granted.

This is an interesting view of the debate:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/peter_galison-how-technology-changes-our-concept-of-the-self

Very interesting article.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2020/04/surfing-the-liminal-a-dharma-talk-for-therapists-zen-practitioners-anyone-hoping-to-be-useful.html