Politics of Technology

I found this chapter very interesting. As a politics major, I knew that there is a very strong correlation of politics with the media and new technologies, but i did not know that new technologies can have politics as well. Before the reading, I always thought the most political part of technologies was relaying messages from Congress and the president to the public (while putting their own spin on it in the process, of course). Now I know, thanks to Slack and Wise, that technologies are also gateways to power. Technologies allow people to exercise power more effectively .
Because of some technologies such as the internet, cell phones, and cameras, leaders have an easier time controlling their populations and spreading their messages. Those machines and technologies no doubt have the power of politics in them because they contribute to both the political process and the enforcing laws set in by politicians. A concern of mine, and many other people, is how far should these machines go? How much political power should inanimate objects have? I think that we are too reliant on these technologies to legislate and enforce the law. What would a world be like if all video cameras suddenly went down? How would we be able to make sure that all of the population is obeying the law? This is exactly what we should worry about when we literally hand technology the power of the president.