For some time now I am pretty uneasy about a phenomenon that I would like to call “techno positivism”.

People seem to have a naif believe that digital technology (from now on technology) will solve all our problems. Of course there are numerous examples of where technology acutally helped us a big deal. Bad at spelling? Automatic spell check to the rescue. Too much accidents on the road? Just install an auto pilot for cars. A certain amount of people don’t pay for there public transport ticket? Set up digitally controlled perimeters around all public transport entries and have people check in with a chipcard. Need more overall control of the masses? Invent Cyberdine…

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