📰 A critique of tech-criticism (2/2)
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Hi there, and welcome back to Untangled, a newsletter and podcast about technology, people, and power. Two emails in two days! Wild, I know.
I don’t intend to pop into your inbox unexpectedly all that often - we all get enough emails, and it’s my sincere hope that you value the quality of each issue, not the quantity. But I’m stopping by with an important addendum to yesterday’s issue. See, I ended my last essay, “A critique of tech-criticism” by writing this:
Last but important thing: we also have agency! We can call out criti-hype when we see it and amplify alternative voices that explain what the technology can actually do, what it can’t, and who don’t anthropomorphize it; voices that critique systems, not technologies; that situate technological systems within broader social, cultural, and economic contexts. Ultimately, we need voices that move us beyond critique to positive, alternative visions. As I’ve written previously, we need voices that “reimagine the social systems that …
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