ABSTRACT

Voodoo Technology TIlS iS I I1CW industry. As such, it is full of promise, full of opportunities, but also, as with anything new, it is full of unforeseen pitfalls, drawbacks and unknowns. The legions of snake oil salesmen, who specialize in exploiting the unknown and unknowable, abound. Whether they deliberately lie to sell their product, or lie because they don’t understand the issues, or whether others have mislead them is irrelevant and a judgment call that doesn’t need to be made. It’s the impact of these technological lies that’s relevant.