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On Understanding Power and Technology
To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist
Maran Nelsonletterstoayoungtechnologist.com
You know, so many of us in tech, we tend to see the world through the lens of technological determinism, where we believe the course of history will play out according to what is technologically possible.
But the most exciting breakthroughs won’t come from technology. They’ll come from how these new tools reshape our understanding of ourselves and o... See more
But the most exciting breakthroughs won’t come from technology. They’ll come from how these new tools reshape our understanding of ourselves and o... See more
To take technology seriously as a force for change is to take it seriously as infused with values and, yes, politics.
Ezra Klein • Abundance
His questions can be asked about all technologies and media. What happens to us when we become infatuated with and then seduced by them? Do they free us or imprison us? Do they improve or degrade democracy? Do they make our leaders more accountable or less so? Our system more transparent or less so? Do they make us better citizens or better consume
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Technology is ultimately political because technology is a form of power. And perhaps the single overriding characteristic of the coming wave is that it will democratize access to power. As we saw in part 2, it will enable people to do things in the real world. I think of it like this: just as the costs of processing and broadcasting information pl
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