Blowing Out Fires: The Rise of Big (Brother) Tech

Stephen Butler
5 min readJul 1, 2020
Credit: Mathieu Joannon

A quarter century ago, information technology promised to spread liberty around the world. With the rise of AI, it’s fast becoming its worst enemy.

“They can blow out a candle
But they can’t blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch,
The wind will blow it higher.”
Biko

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