What I think I’ve come to understand, more deeply than ever before, is that the enemy is not technology itself, but rather inequality and centralization of power and knowledge, and that the answer to these threats are education, diversity and justice.

If you want to understand why humanity might not be doomed—despite the daily drumbeat of declarations to the contrary—I’d say you’re more likely to get an answer from glancing at the last cookbook you purchased than from either pondering the possibilities of your iPad or diligently rereading your college economics textbook.