Re:Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech
by Maybestring on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:16PM
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>However, women, children, and minorities have far more freedom and privacy than they ever have historically.
Why should technology get the credit?
Re:Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech
by maxerickson on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:41PM
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Because a lot of it is pretty simply rooted in economics.
If you want your kids to go to school, there needs to be resources for that to happen (and you personally have to have enough resources that you aren't using them for labor).
Re:Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech
by taeric on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:21PM
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Why shouldn't it?
Different technologies, sure. But the liberating effects of labor saving devices is pretty tough to dispute.
Re:Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech
by jstarfish on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @08:13PM
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> women, children, and minorities have far more freedom and privacy than they ever have historically
Zoe Quinn, black men getting shot at traffic stops and victims of cyberbullying might all have a different opinion about that.
Re:Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech
by taeric on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @08:18PM
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This is a bit of goal post shifting. I am claiming we are getting better. Not that we have solved all problems.
None of those things are good. But you needn't dig hard to find our culture actively doing these things almost with glee not long ago. Our bar is rightfully higher than it was, and we have legitimate criticisms to overcome. But don't let that detract from the fact that the bar is higher.
However, women, children, and minorities have far more freedom and privacy than they ever have historically. There are some ways you can look at this so that it seems that corporations have more ability to see into your life. In large, it is really just a rise in their accuracy. Their attempts and actions are actually lessened.