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by nonrandomstring
1475 days ago
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Dehumanisation of essential civic processes is a step towards
"cybernetic governance", and is a topic I explore in some detail in
Digital Vegan [1]. This is distinct from what most of us still call
"e-governance" in subtle ways. I am concerned that people do not yet
understand the nuances between processes that can be automated to
really improve life and where we cross the line into technofascist
dystopias that will tear societies apart. I share an attitude with Frank Zappa here. Zappa was rather oddly
against "Love song lyrics". He said they led to poor mental health by
propagating unrealistic expectations of intimate relations. Similarly, I think that Science Fiction has a lot to answer for. I
personally love most SciFi, but like Orwell the Cyberpunk genre was
misinterpreted as a blueprint instead of a warning, and many people
carry around disported, unrealistic and quite mentally damaged ideas
of what a "good" technological society should look like. [1] https://digitalvegan.net |
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