[liberationtech] Deep Divers, there is no such thing as liberation tech

[Aram Sinnreich]

What do you make of Langdon Winner's work, arguing that sociotechnical artifacts have inherent "politics?"

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> On May 5, 2020, at 10:33 AM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Technology is but an agnostic tool.
> There is no such thing as a liberation tech,
> only applied tech via paths toward something.
> One cannot apply a tech toward liberation
> without first considering what a state of being
> of actual liberation might variously be about,
> to know where to go, what to make with the tech.
> Democracy being nothing more than a
> decentralized form of the murderous dictators
> many claim to be liberating themselves or people from,
> both forms hardly a state of liberation at all,
> yet worshipped and profferred by all too many,
> we therefore continue this random series
> on path choices...
> 
> How to be a tyrant. Sound Familiar?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LtEciQUF8
> 
> Deep Divers, let the balloon go!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbX-Bvb2u_w
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3lEc-IFr8
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWLntHoTgDA
> 
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