tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post112623796985625229..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: The bad news about technologyLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-1126274598774707512005-09-09T07:03:00.000-07:002005-09-09T07:03:00.000-07:00As it is with the rock or the scalpel, powerful to...As it is with the rock or the scalpel, powerful tools can be used for productive or destructive ends. Robert Cialdini at Arizona State has written about the tools of influence. In addressing how they can be used for evil (see used car sales) and good (see red AIDS ribbons), he has divided the users into three categories: Bunglers, Smugglers, and Sleuths. Bunglers use them by accident, smugglers for ill, and sleuths for good. Celebrate the social sector volunteer sleuths and condemn the smugglers. See Cialdini at <A HREF="http://www.influenceatwork.com/present.html" REL="nofollow">Influence at Work</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com