What the cyberoptimists got wrong - and what to do about it (rc3)
Tech unexeptionalism and the monopolization of every goddamned thing
Chaos Computer Club - archive feed · doctorow
December 27, 202044m 11s
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Show Notes
They stole our future. Let's take it back.
Here at the end of the world, it's time to take stock. Is technology a force for good? Can it be? Was it ever? How did we end up with a world made up of "five websites, each filled with screenshots of text from the other four" (h/t Tom Eastman)? Should we worry that machine learning will take away our free will through A/B splitting and Big Five Personality Types? Where the fuck did all these Nazis come from?
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Topics
rc3-mcr113372020EthicsSociety & Politicsmain