Again.
Here's the content of one of the Pope's posts on X.
Today, the promises of transhumanism and posthumanism are multiplying. These are ideological currents according to which, sooner or later, technology will eliminate all disease and pain, as well as aging and even death itself. Precisely because scientific progress is a supreme achievement of human intelligence, it must not be confused with a privilege reserved for millionaires seeking immortality, while entire peoples suffer from poverty and oppression. In the face of this mirage, which promotes the illusion of human beings perfected by cybernetics and biotechnology, Christian anthropology reminds us that a limitation is not a manufacturing defect, but rather the very condition of human grandeur.
My favorite part is that it should not be a privilege reserved for millionaires. Let's imagine how that might have worked for a different technology.
Me:
@grok - imagine a scenario where the initial roll out of the iPhone was done exclusively in Somalia. Describe how that would have gone back then.
Grok's response:
In 2007 Somalia the exclusive iPhone rollout collapses immediately. No stable carriers offer EDGE service or contracts. Almost no electricity, PCs, or broadband exist for activation via iTunes. $499 devices are unaffordable for a population in active civil war and extreme poverty. Shipments get seized by militias. The few units that circulate become status props or barter items and sit dead within days. Apple abandons the market.
ChatGPT imagined the scene.
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