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Technology does not care about human values.
by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Technology does not care about human values.
- mulmen 9y agoHow can this be true? Technology is created exclusively by people. Our values are baked in. Filesystems have a concept of ownership, ask your dog what that means.
- dionidium 9y agoI think it's more accurate to say that technology reveals the edges and contours of our values.
- mulmen 9y agoThat's a good way of stating it actually, something to think about.
- maxwellfoley 9y agoTechnology is created mostly by market demands and military needs, this is not at all the same thing as human values.
- dredmorbius 9y agoNeil Postman (Technopoly) and the Heusemanns (Techno-Fix) both advance this concept signficantly.
- dredmorbius 9y agoLinks: Techno-Fix, by Michael and Joyce Huesemann (note spelling): http://www.worldcat.org/title/techno-fix-why-technology-wont-save-us-or-the-environment/oclc/920316302 http://www.worldcat.org/title/techno-fix-why-technology-wont... Technopoly, Neil Postman: http://www.worldcat.org/title/technopoly/oclc/557091816 http://www.worldcat.org/title/technopoly/oclc/557091816
- orthecreedence 9y agoPeople are downvoting you, but this rung true with me. Sure, technology is created by humans, but a lot of the reason I see people (kids included) "overusing" technology is social media. Social media does not care for human values. It cares for growth/self-preservation, views/interactions, and revenue. This is fine for things like TV, which tend to be more opt-in, but when you're carrying around a device all-the-motherfucking-time that's constantly pulling your attention away from real experiences and real people to suck you into an addictive cycle of meaningless interactions, I would say that's dangerous territory. Not because it's doing harm per se, but because it steals attention from things in life that bring us real meaning.