I’ve got a question for you this morning, a quick opinion poll. How many of you believe that current technology makes certain tasks easier? For example, how many of you prefer a washing machine to a washboard when doing laundry? How many of you like keeping in touch with family and friends on Facebook or Instagram? But how many of you also believe that we can misuse technology in ways that the inventors of these various technologies did not even think about when they invented them?

For example, there was an article in Hemispheres magazine that told about all the websites out there that are dedicated to helping you get online friends and followers for your social media accounts. These companies will create fake user names or pay real account holders to follow you and like you on various so…