To save everything, click here
Argues that technology is changing the way we understand human society and discusses how the disciplines of politics, culture, public debate, morality, and humanism will be affected when responsibility for them is delegated to technology.
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- I need to read Illich. I've been following The Convivial Society, a newsletter whose author is very influenced by Illich.
My introduction to tech criticism was To Save Everything, Click Here by Evgeny Morozov. He describes a lot of tech culture as "solutionism" which I think is a great lens to have in your pocket.
- Evgeny Morozov. His recent book To Save Everything, Click Here and earlier book The Net Delusion could be exactly what you are looking for. (I haven't read them myself, have only read reviews.)
Seconding Shoshana Zuboff also. Her latest book is The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
Also seconding Jaron Lanier, for the books You Are Not a Gadget and Who Owns the Future?
- I found this to be a very succinct, sober analysis of ML ("AI") techno-solutionism. Cory is a great writer and knows how to explain ideas in a simple, no-nonsense way. This article reminded me of Evgeny Morozov's "To Save Everything, Click Here", where you can find many more examples of how focusing on the quantitative aspect of a problem and ignoring the social, qualitative context it around it often goes wrong.
https://bookshop.org/books/to-save-everything-click-here-the...
- Everyone on HN should read "To Save Everything: Click Here":
https://www.amazon.com/Save-Everything-Click-Here-Technologi...
I don't entirely agree with it, but it's a much needed contrarian viewpoint.
- Evgeny Morozov calls it "technology solutionism' in his book To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
- I have the feeling Evgeny Morozov could have included this in his "To save everything, click here" http://clickherethebook.com/
