It's frustrating that the discussion around technology's effects on society is still stuck between the extremes of:
- "tech has a causal effect on society"
- "society has a causal effect on tech, tech is a mirror"
At this point it seems pretty patently obvious that the reality is both? Technology is subject to pre-existing flaws in society, but also has the capability to amplify and worsen it.
> the popularity of these posters demonstrates that their userbase is increasingly low rent
It's worth considering if exposure to FB is what is causing the userbase increasingly "low rent". Yeah, FB didn't invent partisanship, misinformation, nor authoritarianism, but I think likely it is worsening it.
- "tech has a causal effect on society"
- "society has a causal effect on tech, tech is a mirror"
At this point it seems pretty patently obvious that the reality is both? Technology is subject to pre-existing flaws in society, but also has the capability to amplify and worsen it.
> the popularity of these posters demonstrates that their userbase is increasingly low rent
It's worth considering if exposure to FB is what is causing the userbase increasingly "low rent". Yeah, FB didn't invent partisanship, misinformation, nor authoritarianism, but I think likely it is worsening it.