How to Control the Influence of Technology

It needs to work for us, not the other way around

“Help, the robots are coming” was the title of one of my Keynotes back in 2019. I didn’t think of that title though, the host of the event did. It quickly showed the sentiment of them and their target audience. A fear of technology coming to take over. Our jobs? Our lives? The entire planet? I opened my keynote with the statement: “Within the next 30 minutes, I will show you why the title should be: The robots are coming to help”. As long as we are the ones creating machines and further developing technology, we are the ones that decide where it takes us.

Note: This blog is based on an episode of The Human Era Podcast where I talk with Ryan Morgan about the influence of technology. Links to this episode can be found at the bottom of this post.

Technology is a superpower

My best friend — Jonathan Flores — always says that technology is like a superpower. And superpowers can be used to either do great things or evil things. We can create technology for short-term gains and lose sight of the human aspect of life OR we can create technology with a long-term vision, building machines, tools, and algorithms that support us in our daily — and professional lives. The choice is ours. There are examples of…