Techno-Fundamentalism Can’t Save You, Mark Zuckerberg

Crux: “Zuckerberg isn’t a cynic; he’s a techno-fundamentalist, and that’s an equally unhealthy habit of mind. It creates the impression that technology exists outside, beyond, even above messy human decisions and relations, when the truth is that no such gap exists. Society is technological. Technology is social. Tools, as Marshall McLuhan told us more than fifty years ago, are extensions of ourselves. They amplify and distort our strengths and our flaws. That’s why we must design them with care from the start.”

Seems more than a little out of context to not mention the deep surveillance of FB.

The New Yorker is focused on being verbose and speaking at a more abstract level, so it makes sense there's no concrete recommendations to counter Zuckerberg's current route.

Nonetheless, this article seems to have rather minimal information per paragraph, and I'd also at least appreciate learning the opposite of techno-fundamentalism. Maybe an example of perceived benefits in an area where we haven't been 'techno-fundamentalists'? Overall, not impressed.

From the article:

>"But, more crucial, it’s also an expression of techno-fundamentalism, the unshakable belief that one can and must invent the next technology to fix the problem caused by the last technology. Techno-fundamentalism is what has landed us in this trouble. And it’s the wrong way to get us out."

Platforms like Facebook are just exposing these innate human biases that have existed since the birth of our species.

The congressional hearings showed that even for some really smart people it's hard to understand the annals of technology and the broader dynamics.

In my view Mr. Zuckerberg's points on AI were more about identifying bots, and bad actor campaigns and not focused on censorship of individual ideas.

So they’re pissed off that Facebook does not censor its users as they'd like. Zuckerberg says the AI will. They don't agree but they don't offer any other solution in exchange either.

Wtf?!

Zuck is worth $80b+. He doesn’t need to be “saved”. He’s going to be all right, believe me.

They should rename Facebook's address.