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March 3, 2025
Mike Pepi, "Against Platforms" (2025)
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Look through his list of
maxims, I like the general
drift, but take this one:
"Technical Solutions Won't Solve Social Problems"
Myself, when I try to get at that complex of
ideas, I tend to say things like:
Technological decisions are typically
social decisions in disguise.
And really, you can can come up with technological
ideas that might at least ameliorate some social
problems. It is true though that there are a lot
of problems with the ways we're using technology
that look like they can use some social changes
to address-- e.g. changes in the law, changes in
styles of funding, perhaps changes in our social
habits of what kinds of "platforms" we're willing
to use.
But yeah, I kinds sorta agree that the people
who claim "technology alone" can fix a problem
are being nutty, but I would start out by asking
where you're going to find this barefoot
technology going about without socs.
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