From #OccupyWallStreet to #BlackLivesMatter to #MeToo, Twitter is now recognized as an important medium of progressive activism. But while hashtags may be the quickest way for anyone to tap into the turbulent and frenetic world of online social justice discourse, their record for building the sort of institutions that can build popular power is an unbroken pattern of defeat.
As a teen and into my 20's I used to be all about tech optimism, these days I question if the internet has been a net benefit for humanity. I find it incredibly hard to keep an optimistic outlook on neoliberal capitalisms advancement of technology. As long as the people don't have a say on how we advance technology it'll continue to be in service of creating the next exploitation machine, a hamster wheel for the mind like the internet, endless widgets and shiny gadgets for the consumer while the real problems that need to be solved in the world go on neglected and forgotten.
As a teen and into my 20's I used to be all about tech optimism, these days I question if the internet has been a net benefit for humanity. I find it incredibly hard to keep an optimistic outlook on neoliberal capitalisms advancement of technology. As long as the people don't have a say on how we advance technology it'll continue to be in service of creating the next exploitation machine, a hamster wheel for the mind like the internet, endless widgets and shiny gadgets for the consumer while the real problems that need to be solved in the world go on neglected and forgotten.
Yeah now we aren’t oppressed by people. It’s the algorithm controlling our every move. The line between us and ai was removed almost at introduction.