[liberationtech] Fwd: ACM DGOV Special Issue on New Trends in Building Digital Government in China Call for Papers

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 10:49 AM Richard Brooks <rrb at g.clemson.edu> wrote:

> I think the proposed answer is the end of free will and abandoning
> all semblance of human rights.
>
> And I agree that digital technologies, and the tech industry,
> have become the surest path to reaching this end goal of a
> lack of conflict by achieving the total loss of self.
>

It would take a huge conflict to get to that point.  Let's pick a different
path, as I suggest below.

I'm assuming that if we include viewpoints like yours and others when
making decisions, that technology and global dominance can be boxed by
humanity, and happily appreciate it, rather than the other way around.  Do
you disagree?


> On 8/17/21 7:18 AM, Karl Semich wrote:
> > The inevitable development of digital governance is an opportunity for
> > people to code into stone that there is _always_ a solution to be found
> > that satisfies _every_ impacted party.
> >
> > This means communication, mediation, creativity, persistence ... It
> > could be augmented by software and we wouldn't have to burn through our
> > community diplomats any more.
> >
> > We could end war and discontent by actually acting on every diverse part.
> >
> > If anybody could represent this belief in the discourse, it would be
> > really wonderful.
> >
>
>
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