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Your comment reminded me of the five general narratives we regularly tell ourselves about technology. 1) Technology is bad 2) Technology is good 3) Technolog
by AndyMcConachie 4y ago
Your comment reminded me of the five general narratives we regularly tell ourselves about technology.
1) Technology is bad
2) Technology is good
3) Technology causes social change (tech determinism)
4) Social forces shape technology (social constructivism)
5) Technology is an accelerant
Essentially all stories of technology and society fall into one of these narratives. The most rare is #5, yet as you argue in this case, it is probably the most realistic. Haidt should be aware of these and I also don't understand why he is going with #3.
- woodruffw 4y agoYes, exactly. If I had to be florid, I’d say that Haidt is blaming the wind for the fire: he’s confusing the thing that accelerates underlying social ills and instabilities for things themselves. This resembles his own “map and territory” claims about those responding to him.
- TchoBeer 4y agoall of these could be true simultaneously.