In 2017, Tech Will Seek to Regain Moral High Ground

One of the things that in recent history set the technology complex apart from finance and other industries has been the ability to simultaneously be financially successful and maintain broad-based admiration—sometimes bordering on adoration—from the public.

That nexus of love and success was threatened in 2016, for the first time in a long time, thanks to everything from the job loss implications of self-driving technology to the fake news debate.