(2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
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Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#2I have a new hypothesis I'm terming "sublimation of criticism." This is likely not original since this isn't my field, but here goes.
The campaign to exterminate any alternative political discourse in the West has been so successful that it's now very hard to even talk about any alternative to state corporatist capitalism. This system has many downsides and generates many negative externalities and these are clearly visible to many people, but since the system can't be directly criticized people try to pin its shortcomings on other things like "technology" (an absurdly general term) or thrash around chasing conspiracy ghosts. It's a kind of philosophical scapegoating and fantasizing as a substitute for actual directed criticism.
In other words the effectively prohibited criticism of the system sublimes into other areas.
Maybe state corporatist capitalism destroys people and places. Try that.
I wonder if this phenomenon was common in the late USSR?
Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#3I have a new hypothesis I'm terming "sublimation of criticism." This is likely not original since this isn't my field, but here goes. The campaign to exterminate any alternative political discourse in the West has been so successful that it's now very hard to even talk about any alternative to state corporatist capitalism. This system has many downsides and generates many negative externalities and these are clearly…
Why not call it technology like in the article? What would anti-technology look like?
Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#4> Technology destroys people.
I'd disagree. Technology is a tool like any other; it may destroy you, but that's anecdotal. It is not a requirement that it destroy people or take them away from what they find important.
Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#5I have a new hypothesis I'm terming "sublimation of criticism." This is likely not original since this isn't my field, but here goes. The campaign to exterminate any alternative political discourse in the West has been so successful that it's now very hard to even talk about any alternative to state corporatist capitalism. This system has many downsides and generates many negative externalities and these are clearly…
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Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#6I have a new hypothesis I'm terming "sublimation of criticism." This is likely not original since this isn't my field, but here goes. The campaign to exterminate any alternative political discourse in the West has been so successful that it's now very hard to even talk about any alternative to state corporatist capitalism. This system has many downsides and generates many negative externalities and these are clearly…
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Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#7I have a new hypothesis I'm terming "sublimation of criticism." This is likely not original since this isn't my field, but here goes. The campaign to exterminate any alternative political discourse in the West has been so successful that it's now very hard to even talk about any alternative to state corporatist capitalism. This system has many downsides and generates many negative externalities and these are clearly…
We can unquestionably say that communism has destroyed people and places.
Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
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Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#9> (I’ve never found doing the work to buy and maintain them particularly convenient).
They ain't called conveniences because they're convenient to purchase and maintain. They're called conveniences because they're more convenient than beating your clothes with rocks down at the river, and more convenient than skinning a rabbit and turning it over a spit.
Anyway, he seems to have thought all this out. I'm glad he's doing this, and I'm glad he's not presenting it as a solution for everyone.
Re: (2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it
#10> Technology destroys people. I'd disagree. Technology is a tool like any other; it may destroy you , but that's anecdotal. It is not a requirement that it destroy people or take them away from what they find important.
“The current regulatory framework in place in the majority of jurisdictions is allowing technology to become a net negative for both people and society as a whole”.
I make a distinction between science and technology for the sake of this comment. Science brings us biomedical breakthroughs, space probes, and renewables; technology brings us Black Mirror dystopian futures.
(“Technology destroys people” is a lazy argument, but understandable in a time when it’s rare for long form discussion to take place where the depth of the issue can be examined collaboratively)