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Pflichte dir bei, Kate. KI ist Auswuchs von #Solutionism und halluziniert fröhlich vor sich hin. Ressourcenverschwendung und Ertrag für die Gesellschaft stehen in erbärmlichem Verhältnis!

Simply not OK to run stories like these - #feelgood #solutionism that treats #climatebreakdown as some sort of external inevitable inconvenience. Not even a tiny mention of causes, let alone #climateAction
'Saving a village from climate catastrophe'? #climateilliteracy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/pralognan-alps-climate-crisis-melting-glacier?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Exactly that:

"While promising, progressive blockchain networks are largely still ‘thought experiments’ while the most powerful, successful ones are ‘extractive’ ."

https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2389284

#blockchain
#solutionism

I am very pleased that our article "Solving the crisis with 'do-it-yourself heroes'? The media coverage on #pioneercommunities, #Covid-19, and technological #solutionism" is now also available in print.

It remains remarkable how members of pioneer communities such as the #Maker movement were staged as #heroes and what fantasies existed about solving the problems with #DIY. In retrospect, this still says a lot about the imagination of #technology and #innovation.

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/commun-2023-0077/html

I am looking for a quote i read and then lost reference to it and its author. It goes something about "the solution(s) be the problem" but felt more in point and (i recall) with some veils of critique of western approach to things.

i read once in a text about degrowth / decomputing but that could refer from a wider critique of Western science?

Thanks for any suggestion!

#fedihelp #solutionism #quote #degrowth

I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop¹ hosted by the Credible Web Community Group² (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:

1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"

2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"

After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:

3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.

I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.

We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws & fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others.

We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.

#W3C #credweb #credibleWeb #authenticWeb #flaw #fallacy #fallacies #logicalFallacy #logicalFallacies


Glossary

Ad Hominem
  attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Politician's syllogism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Solutions Looking For Problems (related: #solutionism, #solutioneering)
  Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix
  Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem
  Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":
  * https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem
  Forbes has an illustrative anecdote:  
  * https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/


References

¹ https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
² https://credweb.org/ and https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/


Previously in 2019 I participated in #MisinfoCon:
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation

I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop¹ hosted by the Credible Web Community Group² (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:

1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"

2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"

After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:

3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.

I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.

We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws & fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others.

We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.

#W3C #credweb #credibleWeb #authenticWeb #flaw #fallacy #fallacies #logicalFallacy #logicalFallacies


Glossary

Ad Hominem
  attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Politician's syllogism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Solutions Looking For Problems (related: #solutionism, #solutioneering)
  Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix
  Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem
  Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":
  * https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem
  Forbes has an illustrative anecdote:  
  * https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/


References

¹ https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
² https://credweb.org/ and https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/


Previously in 2019 I participated in #MisinfoCon:
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation

I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop¹ hosted by the Credible Web Community Group² (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:

1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"

2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"

After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:

3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.

I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.

We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws & fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others.

We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.

#W3C #credweb #credibleWeb #authenticWeb #flaw #fallacy #fallacies #logicalFallacy #logicalFallacies


Glossary

Ad Hominem
  attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Politician's syllogism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Solutions Looking For Problems (related: #solutionism, #solutioneering)
  Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix
  Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem
  Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":
  * https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem
  Forbes has an illustrative anecdote:  
  * https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/


References

¹ https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
² https://credweb.org/ and https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/


Previously in 2019 I participated in #MisinfoCon:
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation

I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop¹ hosted by the Credible Web Community Group² (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:

1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"

2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"

After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:

3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.

I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.

We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws & fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others.

We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.

#W3C #credweb #credibleWeb #authenticWeb #flaw #fallacy #fallacies #logicalFallacy #logicalFallacies


Glossary

Ad Hominem
  attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Politician's syllogism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Solutions Looking For Problems (related: #solutionism, #solutioneering)
  Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix
  Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem
  Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":
  * https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem
  Forbes has an illustrative anecdote:  
  * https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/


References

¹ https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
² https://credweb.org/ and https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/


Previously in 2019 I participated in #MisinfoCon:
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation

I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop¹ hosted by the Credible Web Community Group² (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:

1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"

2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"

After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:

3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.

I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.

We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws & fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others.

We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.

#W3C #credweb #credibleWeb #authenticWeb #flaw #fallacy #fallacies #logicalFallacy #logicalFallacies


Glossary

Ad Hominem
  attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Politician's syllogism
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Solutions Looking For Problems (related: #solutionism, #solutioneering)
  Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix
  Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem
  Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":
  * https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem
  Forbes has an illustrative anecdote:  
  * https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/


References

¹ https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
² https://credweb.org/ and https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/


Previously in 2019 I participated in #MisinfoCon:
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency
* https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation

"A core promise is that turning the public sector over to AI will deliver huge savings and improved delivery, although one might question the reliability of their research, given that it was based on asking ChatGPT itself how many government jobs it could do. While this sketchy approach has echoes of the Iraq ('dodgy') Dossier, it's reflecting a realpolitik that sees both AI companies and rhetoric about AI as incredibly powerful at the current moment.

This is perhaps the hole that AI fills for the Labour government; having long abandoned any substantive belief in the transformative power of socialism, it is lacking a mobilising belief system. At the same time, it's obvious to all and sundry that the status quo is in deep trouble and that being the party of continuity isn't going to convince anyone.

Ergo, the claim that AI has the power to change the world becomes a good stand-in for a transformative ideology. The bonus for the Labour government is that relying on AI to fix things avoids the need for any structural changes that might upset powerful business and media interests, and rhetoric about global AI leadership has a suitably 'Empire' vibe to appeal to nationalistic sentiments at the grassroots."

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Labours-AI-Action-Plan-a-gift-to-the-far-right

#AI #GenerativeAI #UK #Labour #LabourParty #TonyBlair #Ideology #Solutionism #SiliconValley #BigTech

Escucho en #Euskadi/#España sobre las bondades del #SuperComputing #QuantumComputing en relación a los 'problemas sociales' q la #AI puede 'solucionar'

y me pregunto donde hemos dejado la #datafication...

#TheHammerOfAI #AI4SI #Solutionism

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/19/8638

Just published: our article on "Solving the #crisis with ‘do-it-yourself heroes‘?". It's about the #media coverage on the #Maker and #QuantifiedSelf movements, #Covid19, and technological #solutionism. With Jeanette Asmuss, @JulieLuepkes and Anne Schmitz. #pioneercommunities
#californianideology

👇👇👇

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/commun-2023-0077/html

<|Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be “decoupled” from environmental decline.|> #techno #solutionism #geoingeneering #climatechange #environment https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2416295 via @joplam

<|Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be “decoupled” from environmental decline.|> #techno #solutionism #geoingeneering #climatechange #environment https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2416295 via @joplam

<|Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be “decoupled” from environmental decline.|> #techno #solutionism #geoingeneering #climatechange #environment https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2416295 via @joplam

<|Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be “decoupled” from environmental decline.|> #techno #solutionism #geoingeneering #climatechange #environment https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2416295 via @joplam

<|Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be “decoupled” from environmental decline.|> #techno #solutionism #geoingeneering #climatechange #environment https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2416295 via @joplam

@FutureHistories About technical solutions, but without cheap criticism of #solutionism. Recommended!

#sociology #technology

> The Atomic Gardener
https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2022-353-the-atomic-gardener
A great talk about #techUtopia / #solutionism and some overlooked parts of #history.

> The Atomic Gardener
https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2022-353-the-atomic-gardener
A great talk about #techUtopia / #solutionism and some overlooked parts of #history.

> The Atomic Gardener
https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2022-353-the-atomic-gardener
A great talk about #techUtopia / #solutionism and some overlooked parts of #history.

> The Atomic Gardener
https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2022-353-the-atomic-gardener
A great talk about #techUtopia / #solutionism and some overlooked parts of #history.

Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/climate-engineering-off-us-coast-could-increase-heatwaves-in-europe-study-finds

#climate #solutionism

The current #heatwave in India is quite similar to the first chapters of the acclaimed climate-solutionist novel The Ministry for The Future (though with less dead so far). It also shows why the magic thinking underlying the #solutionism presented in the book is bullshit. Does anyone seriously believe that the unfolding climate catastrophe somehow in itself will be a wake-up call and usher in Green politicians in elections in BJP-dominated India? Or anywhere else?
We don't need this kind of magical thinking and liberal solutionism. We can't solve the climate collapse, but we can fight it.

@eric @ds @anthropocene @technique @climate

Oh yes, Morozov has set something in motion. Probably the explanation is a bit more complex - he might be the charismatic carrier who needs rank-and-file monks.
And yes, as a sociologist, I am familiar with #marcuse.

#sociology #solutionism #technology

soo can we get the #ButlerianJihad going already or what? i'd like to make plans for the summer...

#openai #SurveillanceCapitalism #bullshiteering #GAFAMN #StableDiffusion #DeepFakes #Techbro #Solutionism #CryptoCoins #web3 #WalledGardens #miltech #dronewars #Cloud #EveryThingAsAService #BullshitJobs #ServiceClass #LateStageCapitalism #SocialCreditSystem #SiliconDystopia #dune #FrankHerbert

The present post only is a complement to the excellent answer by @ds

@talkinto
Indeed people are reluctant to solutions coming from the industry. Witness the enormous literature on #populism.

Hence we do not live in a "solutionist age". Morozov stirred a moral panic to boost his sales. Which worked.
Do you know about Herbert #Marcuse?

@anthropocene @technique @climate

#geoEngineering #transition #mitigation #marketing #books #solutionism #TechnoSolutionism #Tech #technology

#EU #Italy #Fascism #AI #Unemployment #Algorithms #Solutionism: "Back in April, the far-right Brothers of Italy party presented “Notes on a Conservative Program”. In a chapter on work, they called for an “artificial intelligence system” that “traces the list of young people who finish high school and university every year and connects them to companies in the sector.” This, the authors of the chapter wrote, would finally solve "youth unemployment,” as “the young person will no longer be able to choose whether to work or not, but [will be] bound to accept the job offer for himself (sic), for his family and for the country, under penalty of loss of all benefits with the application of a system of sanctions.”

The proposal did not make it to the final program that Brothers of Italy published prior to the election on 25 September, when they became Italy’s largest party with 26% of the vote.

Ironically, the neofascists most likely had intended to use Artificial Intelligence to “create a fog around them, around what they are and what they want, because they want to attract a more moderate right-wing electorate,” says sociologist Antonio Casilli. Guido Crosetto, the Brothers of Italy co-founder who edited the work chapter, is not considered knowledgeable on technology, though he once tweeted about being “in favor of introducing artificial intelligence to the Ministry of Justice”. Unlike in other countries, there is no noticeable overlap between the Italian tech scene and far-right parties like Lega Nord and Brothers of Italy."

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/italian-neofascists-artificial-intelligence/

Norwegians knows it: 'If such technological quick fixes are adopted at the expense of investment into proven effective measures, which are often costly and difficult to implement, this may come at significant costs to marginalized groups who risk being deprived of effective treatment and measures because their issues are purportedly being addressed by the use of technology.' #aiaiai #solutionism https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2023/06/generative-ai-rapport-2023.pdf

The paper emphasizes that "To decide the solution is to decide the stakes". In #InsolventBook, I argue that the stakes are often decided even before: in the articulation of the problem to be solved. #solutionism relies on #problemism even without solutions. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14668.003.0009

It's really interesting to see a complementary view aiming to "imagine a design that might resist the problem-solution pairing". Calvin Warren's writing on blackness adds a new perspective on the politics of technology and design. #solutionism https://doi.org/10.1145/3557890

I've long been frustrated with 'problem solving' as a frame of design and technology work, not only because it's often applied to so called "wicked problems" which are NOT to be 'solved'.
I have drawn inspiration from how critical systems thinking debated and moved past that frame. The paper adds a new angle. #problemsolving #solutionism https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14668.003.0015

Today I #AmReading (finally!) "On the Grounds of #Solutionism: Ontologies of Blackness and HCI" (Cunningham, Benabdallah, @danielarosner & @alextaylor #tochi) which states "The problem-solution... is a dead end" and asks "What it might mean to 'unsee' solutions as end points to problems" in design. 🔥
https://doi.org/10.1145/3557890 #HCI

@zukunftsheld

Thanks - good work once again from The Markup! On #solutionism and #algorithms in law, this might be of interest:

https://script-ed.org/article/legal-algorithms-and-solutionism-reflections-on-two-recidivism-scores/

The text ends with a good statement against technological #solutionism: "The problem with predictive policing is the policing part [...] The data about where crime victimization occurs, that’s something that should be studied. But that doesn’t mean that the solution is policing."

Confronted with the problem of potentially apocalyptic flu strains being created by the hellish, disease-amplifying practices of factory chicken farming, agricultural science steps up and …

… tweaks the chickens a bit.

#science #scicomm #solutionism #biotechnology #pandemic #food #farming #influenza #apocalypse #bettertodiethanstopeatingcheapmeat

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/science/bird-flu-chickens-crispr.html

#tech #grandiosity #epidemic #technology #solutions #useless #garbage #billionaires #solutionism

@Verfassungklage Drei Punkte: 1. Kein Wort dazu, welche Daten gespeichert werden. 2. Kein Wort dazu, WARUM man meint, dies einführen zu müssen. (außer weil man es kann) 3. Und schließlich: Warum müssen die Dinger überhaupt verriegelt sein? Hat das mal jemand gegengerechnet (Schäden durch geklaute Wagen vs. Aufwand)?
#Solutionism von der allerfeinsten Sorte.

Good food for thought by Andreas Weber

"on Aliveness and Interdependence"

http://www.bollier.org/blog/andreas-weber-aliveness-and-interdependence #flatness #solutionism #senseMaking #meaning #capitalism

Stuff to know in these complex times:

Engineering Illusions Part I: Religion and Technology https://techinsider100.medium.com/engineering-illusions-part-i-religion-and-technology-c1c7714bb9de

#religion #bigTech #solutionism #meGeneration #meaning #senseMaking #flatness #innovation #siliconValley #newAge #singularity #artificialIntelligence #relativism

I feel affirmed in my position that the future is #NoIP rather than #AllIP, and #offline rather than #online. :)

🧷 https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

🌺

🏷️ #Tesla #Privacy #BigData #Leak #eMobility #49EuroTicket #InfoSec #Solutionism

Things that were already painfully obvious 8 years ago:

The internet of things will be an internet of obsolete junk

https://theconversation.com/the-internet-of-things-will-be-an-internet-of-obsolete-junk-36814 #consumerism

#e-waste #environmentalImpact #internetOfThings #iot #raee #sensors #solutionism

#SuperApps #Solutionism #SiliconValley: "For some tech firms like Microsoft, super apps may provide an opportunity to break the hold of more established monopolies like Apple or Google. And for consumers, one application with a core function brings together a diverse array of services such as calling a cab, investing money, or even making a quick buck.

But app-based solutions to structural problems are just shining examples of insisting the disease is the cure. Silicon Valley has long exploited existing societal and infrastructural gaps. Ride-hail platforms have savaged public transit and the taxi industry, but the need for drivers in cities without adequate transport options remains. The same goes for platforms offering app-based solutions to housing or financial services: Their popularity is less a testament to their innovation than to how desiccated the nonmarket alternatives were, thanks to older deregulatory campaigns stretching back to the ascent of neoliberal governance in the 1970s. In the end, they perpetuate problems with the systems they claim to hack. The crypto industry preys on nonwhite communities without access to the traditional financial system, and on-demand labor platforms have been hard at work eroding this country’s threadbare labor laws."

https://www.wired.com/story/super-app-musk-x-wechat-regulation/

We are well into the "Age of Diminishing Technological Returns" by now...

http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-age-of-diminishing-technological.html #apps #degrowth #downshifting #peakTechnology #solutionism

Stuff to know in these complex times:

Engineering Illusions Part I: Religion and Technology https://techinsider100.medium.com/engineering-illusions-part-i-religion-and-technology-c1c7714bb9de

#religion #bigTech #solutionism #meGeneration #meaning #senseMaking #flatness #innovation #siliconValley #newAge #singularity #artificialIntelligence #relativism

Stuff to know in these complex times:

Engineering Illusions Part I: Religion and Technology https://techinsider100.medium.com/engineering-illusions-part-i-religion-and-technology-c1c7714bb9de

#religion #bigTech #solutionism #meGeneration #meaning #senseMaking #flatness #innovation #siliconValley #newAge #singularity #artificialIntelligence #relativism