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> Sure, we made cool things in tech during this era, but was it worthwhile on a global scale, on a social level, in an economic sense? That is debatable. Globa
by huijzer 4y ago
> Sure, we made cool things in tech during this era, but was it worthwhile on a global scale, on a social level, in an economic sense? That is debatable.
Globally, I do think that it's getting more and more difficult each year for organizations and countries to hide immoral behavior. For example, the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 was kept secret from the West for a few days (maybe a few weeks) whereas I nowadays would imagine a Western satellite on top of it within a few hours to days. Similarly, the situation with the Uyghurs is well known and other countries do take that into account when interacting with China. With an optimistic hat on, I would say that at least knowing about immoral/inhuman actions is better than not even knowing about them. And then I come back to the SSD and chips. They help in gathering and sharing information.
- PeterisP 4y ago> Similarly, the situation with the Uyghurs is well known and other countries do take that into account when interacting with China ... by ignoring the situation. In essence, the situations you describe are an illustration on how the tech changes some things (like gathering and sharing information about atrocities) that demonstrably turn out to be not really relevant and not causing a meaningful change, since, as it turns out, the underlying reasons for actually implementing difficult political change (or refusing to do so) don't change just because tech makes it easier to talk about it.
- huijzer 4y agoHow do you know? I wouldn't be surprised if many individuals and organizations have changed their behavior based on some country's actions. Being unwilling to export to the country as well as being unwilling to buy from the country are definitely things that are happening right now. In effect, this results in the country having less power.