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Technology has been an indispensable tool in our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent economic slump.
Technology has been an indispensable tool in our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent economic slump.
Doctors have adopted telemedicine. School children have been taught in digital classrooms. Billions of us have communicated, shopped, worked and been entertained mostly online.
But unless we are careful, our increased reliance on technology may magnify, rather than minimise, the next global crisis. Just like the Covid-19 pandemic, that risk falls into the category of entirely foreseeable, yet largely unforeseen. We know how this story could play out even if we have not yet read the script.
The forseeable, yet largely unforeseen, risks of a tech crash
10 Dec, 2020 07:41 PM
5 minutes to read
NZ Herald
Opinion:
Technology has been an indispensable tool in our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent economic slump. Doctors have adopted telemedicine. School children have been taught in digital classrooms. Billions of us have communicated, shopped, worked and been entertained mostly online.
But unless we are careful, our increased reliance on technology may magnify, rather than minimise, the next global crisis. Just like the Covid-19 pandemic, that risk falls into the category of entirely foreseeable, yet largely unforeseen. We know how this story could play out even if we have not yet read the script.