I'll rephrase my point so we can steer clear of the pedantic discussion about machiavellianism and "good" or "bad":
There's a lot of people doing things they consider bad without actually wanting to do them. Thinking that all consequences of technology are intended is missing half the picture, as it dismisses the fact that there will be unintended and unwanted consequences. It is a naive take that does not allow space for discussing how to predict, detect and avoid those unintended consequences.
There's a lot of people doing things they consider bad without actually wanting to do them. Thinking that all consequences of technology are intended is missing half the picture, as it dismisses the fact that there will be unintended and unwanted consequences. It is a naive take that does not allow space for discussing how to predict, detect and avoid those unintended consequences.