Tech giants lectured on perils of gadget worship (via
AFP)
Silicon Valley giants at the prestigious TED innovation conference were warned that the worship of technology will ruin the world before it saves it. Activist and author Paul Gilding made a case on Tuesday for the peril of obsession with modern technology and how lust for the latest gadgets is distracting…
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