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# Technology should increase the number of people...
> Technology should increase the number of people who can participate meaningfully in a system, not merely increase the speed at which the system extracts decisions from them. Automation is most valuable when it preserves institutional memory, extends competence, and returns human attention to judgment, care, and creation.
**Source:** [[livestreams/The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self - Workbook|The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self]]
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“Technology should increase the number of people who can participate meaningfully in a system, not merely increase the speed at which the system extracts decisions from them. Automation is most valuable when it preserves institutional memory, extends competence, and returns human attention to judgment, care, and creation.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-technology-should-increase-judgment-care-creation
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