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by jsloss 2602 days ago
Can you expand on your point? Because it makes no sense to me.
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Not OP, but if you put on an exclusively technical hat, nearly everything boils down into some combination of energy, manufacture and telecoms.
While one facet of politics is about control/power, another major facet of politics is just about public service and people wanting the same outcome, but disagreeing how to get there. With communication, both sides of an issue can find a solution that they both agree on to reach the same outcome.
Political problems are generally solved by organizing, evaluating, and disseminating information. All of which are technical problems. In fact that's how all problems are solved, and every problem can be political under the right circumstance.
If all you have is a hammer then everything looks like a nail.
What if all you have is a human brain?