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>I'm really tired of the trend of people declaring whatever policy they want enacted as being "a human right". computing became inalienable from human rights w
by serf 3y ago
>I'm really tired of the trend of people declaring whatever policy they want enacted as being "a human right".
computing became inalienable from human rights when we as a society started asking everyone to conduct mandatory business using them.
paying your bills, gaining access to places, applying for welfare systems, creating doctors appointments, the list goes on -- the things that can be done alternatively over the phone or in-person dwindles as the years tick by.
If we don't claim that certain computing freedoms should be part-and-parcel of human rights then we must wait for the obvious and apparent abuse-of-system to occur and damage society before remediation -- I think we as a society may just have the wisdom to avoid that damage before it happens, but it requires advocacy.
- gruez 3y agoI'm not doubting that computing devices are essential to daily life, but that doesn't really mean we should make it a "human right". If we're adopting that logic, we should also make smartphones (or similar personal computing devices) themselves a human right. After all, what good is control over a device if you don't own one in the first place? While we're at it, let's make cell plans a human right as well, because a smartphone wouldn't be very useful without internet access, and many sites demand a phone number for verification/2fa.
- 6510 3y agoThat does sound like a good idea if you put it like that, just not right now. Computers are still a really new field with lots of innovation going on. In the future we might take a government radio-ish approach. Cell (and cable) networks seem easier than roads and cheaper than water.