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> Utopian visions of earlier technological periods
> If you thought that computers were the first panacea for all our ills, how about steam, electrical power, and electronics?Bertrand Russel on Science Arundhati Roy on power seems more helpful than #TechEuphoria writings.
Steam had hype like #LLM #SalamiAI #CyberneticAI ..From #MythInformation by #LangdonWinner
https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden/phil27/s24/papers/Mythinformation.pdf
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Surveillance Capitalism foreseen in 1984
> .. It's surprising how accurately Winner's [1984] predictions describe modern [2011] society. Passivity and complacency, the illusion of connectedness in the face of isolation, real democracy collapsing under the weight of increased media exposure and ubiquitous monitoring of citizens.https://darcynorman.net/notes/2011/2011-01-02-the-whale-and-the-reactor-mythinformation/
#DArcyNorman with
#LangdonWinner on #MythInformationhttps://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden/phil27/s24/papers/Mythinformation.pdf