Politics? In My Technology?
summary
Technology is political: it is made from ideas and power and changes who has power. Examples tie claim to specifics: Ruby on Rails is the framework early Twitter used while harassment spirals beyond its designs; WWII funding accelerates computing for cryptography; a Cherokee invented writing and Cherokee literacy exceeds white neighbors within five years; a fellowship builds a bushfire-forecasting system with concrete tradeoffs. Global metrics show decline: Freedom House reports freedom regressing since 2006 and the U.S. moves from full to flawed democracy.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:42About Merrin
- 3:07Technology
- 4:16Politics
- 5:02Political Systems
- 8:39Rules
- 10:06Contradictions
- 10:47Technology is political
- 11:12Political power
- 12:15Power distribution
- 12:55Ideas
- 13:35Blockchain
- 14:05Politics and Technology
- 15:57Sequoyah
- 17:34Francis Fukuyama
- 18:54Freedom House
- 19:17Democracy Index
- 20:51What does this all mean
- 21:06We are not just technologists
- 21:53We make choices
- 22:25Technology is social
- 23:51The future
- 24:48The world is like
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