| >As a student and proponent of humanities education The STEM movement intentionally excludes humanities and socials on purpose. I understand being upset there's a movement excluding your field and then asserting its a problem. Seemingly the author doesn't understand the purpose behind STEM. >The new logic of a post-Marxian techno-capitalism is an economic process which transforms life processes — in this case interaction through technology and social networks — into commodities Oh yes, we're definitely going post-marxian that's for sure. >Data colonialism opens a new frontier for Marxian labor alienation: the way in which labor, in this case our contribution to these platforms, distances us from our humanity You're totally able to create your marxist movement against STEM. Lets be realistic though, we're past the marxist peak. It's time for Marxism to become a religion. Move out of the politics field and operate probably pretty successfully as a religion. >In China, I was able to leave my computer at my table in a cafe without fear of it being taken because I knew every square inch of that cafe was in the view of cameras. China's state surveillance and massacres of dissidents is not something to be prideful about. |
> China's state surveillance and massacres of dissidents is not something to be prideful about.
East Asian countries tend to be low-crime anyway even without blanket surveillance.