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bemoaning the erosion of trust as the fault of "technology" is to ignore the actions that led to the distrust. "You have done that yourself"
by h2odragon 2y ago
bemoaning the erosion of trust as the fault of "technology" is to ignore the actions that led to the distrust. "You have done that yourself"
- eesmith 2y agoThe author doesn't treat it as the fault of "technology" alone: > Those propagating the problems deny responsibility and ignore the punch line of Kranzberg’s first law which states, “technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.” We need fundamental changes to the design of our information distribution systems so that they can benefit society and not just increase profit to a few at our expense. ... > We must question our assumptions and embrace fundamental changes in both our technology and culture in order to bring toxicity levels back to a level that does not continue to undermine our society.