Yet, the exact same technology also carries a set of intimately-associated liabilities, dangers we must recognize and respect if we are to do more good than harm.
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Broadcastify's Blanton stands by his decision to take down the Boston channels, but he maintains that scanner feeds do more public good than harm.
Although many people are scared of bees, they rarely sting and do a lot more good than harm.
However, the weight of scientific evidence suggests that regular PSA testing is not a good idea, and it may do more harm than good, as I wrote recently.
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She said they ought to look at "really clear programmes that make a difference" rather than informal parenting lessons that "could do more harm than good".
All of this suggests that although there is a strong case for a more system-wide approach to oversight, it could do more harm than good if poorly crafted.
To compound this misdiagnosis, The Economist proffers medicine that would do more harm than good.
But Nickell disagrees, saying that dead-end tips do more harm than good by wasting police resources.
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Some worry, however, that changing the safeguards currently in place might do more harm than good.
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The first is that it will jack up inflation and so do more harm than good.
Keep in mind that making personal sacrifices for a start-up can potentially do more harm than good.
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Freek Vermeulen explained why banks that give big bonuses often do much more harm than good.
Trying to use capital controls to slow the tide, the IMF said, would do more harm than good.
No, painting a mysterious picture of financial fairies and monetary monsters will likely do more harm than good.
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They also may do more harm than good, causing formation of scar tissue that makes eventual repair more difficult.
But the bank might do more harm than good if it shifted focus from absolute poverty to relative deprivation.
But one done in haste, and mainly to help win an election, could yet do more harm than good.
In the case of cardiac implants, not all require removal, and such a procedure may do more harm than good.
But Americans who think a vastly expanded federal government is likely to do more harm than good should think twice.
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Except in the short term, these would do more harm than good, and set an unwelcome precedent in the region.
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Even if the MACT Rule does not turn out the lights, it is likely to do more harm than good.
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Researchers from four top business schools have collaborated to show that in many cases goals do more harm than good.
If Americans think using up emergency oil right now is imprudent, it could do the president more harm than good politically.
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Moreover, emergency cuts to keep politicians and some spending intolerant voters happy could actually do the economy more harm than good.
Sluggish employment growth and high unemployment rates naturally add to new calls for protection that would do more harm than good.
But many companies, including some that have given in to the boycotters, argue that such withdrawals do more harm than good.
Merging two pharmaceutical companies can do more harm than good, as a look at Pfizer's stock chart over the last decade shows.
But economists who study the unintended consequences of tariffs conclude that even in this special case, tariffs do more harm than good.
Some of those concerns are valid, but reopening Sec. 230 to address all of them would do far more harm than good.
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