Evan Selinger
@evanselinger.bsky.social
Prof. Philosophy at RIT. Contributing writer at Boston Globe Ideas. Tech (yes, AI), ethics, privacy, policy, and power. http://www.eselinger.org/
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Technological Remedies for Social Problems: Defining and Demarcating Techno-Fixes and Techno-Solutionism - Science and Engineering Ethics
Can technology resolve social problems by reducing them to engineering challenges? In the 1960s, Alvin Weinberg answered yes, popularizing the term “techno-fix” in the process. The concept was immedia...
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Despite extensive criticism, the much-maligned concepts of “techno-fix” + “techno-solutionism” remain poorly defined and readily conflated. In this open-access article, @spillteori.bsky.social and I do a bit of conceptual engineering to add further clarity.
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