When technology solves the wrong problems

    Emmanuel C. Macaulay | Opinion | Feb 04, 2026    
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Technology is often celebrated as progress by default. Faster systems, smarter tools, more efficient processes. But history shows that the most dangerous technological failures do not come from tools that do not work — they come from tools that work perfectly while solving the wrong problems.

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