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And so at times I worry that we have overcorrected, and many people miss the opposite side of the argument: that **the [benefits of technology](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AYRGNK9lU4W3BCIM_hZG14aJE8-S43UFCwrzjeidByM/edit#slide=id.g14b964cd1c8_0_1294) are *[really friggin massive](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6826490f904980a50659a/26b5f7ef-88af-4d85-a6dd-2dd419328ca4/Look+back2b.jpg?format=2500w)*, on those axes where we can measure it the good massively outshines the bad, and the costs of even a decade of delay are incredibly high**
My Techno-Optimism
eth.limo
When I asked Audrey Tang, the Minister of Digital Affairs, why Taipei doesn’t renovate more of its dilapidated old buildings, she replied “There’s no social pressure for that.”
Eleven days in Taiwan
Noah Smith
We often hear that trans fats aren’t good for your heart and blood vessels. The same applies to the vessels of the brain,” she said. “A [study](https://n.neurology.org/content/93/22/e2053) from the journal Neurology found that older adults who had the highest levels of elaidic acid (a common type of trans fat) in their blood were more likely to develop dementia. Better to stick to olive oil and real butter.”
Neurologists Share the 1 Food They Never (Or Rarely) Eat
HuffPost
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