Yes, definitely. I think social technologists are like this glass – this assistive technology. It is aligned to my interest. It is aligned to my eyesight. It allows me to see you better, but it does not presume to express or see on behalf of me or push advertisements to my retina. Also, if it breaks, I can repair it myself. I can bring it to the repairperson down the street. We do not have to pay a central patent registry 100 or one million dollars just to get a new licensed copy of this glass, and just like the SMS/QR code example, the principle is very well-understood by the people wearing this, so it is an empowering device for a disabled person – me with my disabled eyesight – rather than an overarching top-down authoritarian device.

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