> The essence of decentralized woo, and why it’s such a pernicious form of sophistry, is that it’s simply a proxy meme of the more dangerous idea that technolog

> The essence of decentralized woo, and why it’s such a pernicious form of sophistry, is that it’s simply a proxy meme of the more dangerous idea that technology can fix social problems. That's a strong wording. Technology can actually "fix" some social problems. The problem is that we don't know, which of them. Also, we know very little about the tradeoffs.