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Violence that comes from above, whether by gunman or drone or missile, exploits its distance from the victims; when we look down at the world from up high, the smallness of the people below can render them meaningless, interchangeable, and thus easier to harm.
After all, when you see people as props rather than people, it becomes far easier to harm them. .
Mass surveillance might make it easier to stop terrorists and other criminals, but it also makes it easier to harm the innocent and silence dissent.
In these instances, too, we claim that it is easier to harm than benefit.
We argue that cognitive enhancement and technological progress raise acute problems because it is easier to harm than to benefit.
If it were, it would not be easier to harm than to benefit, since in general it is very easy not to kill – indeed, easier than to kill.
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"The easiest thing to harm or kill is a human being with a rifle," he said.
After all, they would point out, it is easy for Internet users to harm other people with impunity, shielding their identities with anonymized browsers, attacking their targets from offshore, or making sure that the injurious behavior -- such as a website's hosting revenge porn -- is protected free speech.
Imagine, contrary to what we have argued, that it would be as easy to save life as to kill; it would still not follow that it would be as easy to benefit as to harm by these means.
Abusers will repeat their behavior, and over time it will become easier for them to continue to harm you.
"And we have to stop making it so easy for those who want to harm the innocent to get their hands on a gun".
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