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A social problem is by definition one with a social solution. If we can find a technical solution to a problem, it turns into a technical problem. Wikipedia is
by f33d5173 2y ago
A social problem is by definition one with a social solution. If we can find a technical solution to a problem, it turns into a technical problem. Wikipedia is itself a technology. It's not outrageous to suggest that new technologies can improve on it.
- idiotsecant 2y agoJust because something is based on technology does not mean that any problem is has is solvable with different technology. This is a lesson that it seems we need to learn over and over. The hard part of a system designed to squish together the brains of millions of humans and somehow wring truth out of the chaos is a fundamentally messy human system whose issues aren't solved by putting all those messy humans on a new platform.