Devs and the Culture of Tech - Part 5
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Rational approaches to Dehumanisation

Hello all. People were very kind when I originally posted the start of this series. I’ve refrained from spamming you with every part but I thought I’d post to say the very final installment is done.

I got a bit weird with it this time as I felt like I had an infinite amount to say, all of which only barely got to the underlying point i was trying to make. So much that I wrote I also cut, it’s ridiculous.

Anyway now the series is done I’m going to move on to smaller discrete pieces as I work on my book about Tech Culture’s propensity to far-right politics. I’ll be dropping interesting stuff I find, examples of Right Libertarians saying ridiculous things, so follow along if that’s your jam.

  • Mii@awful.systemsEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for this series. I really enjoyed reading it (even though it reminded me that Yud’s Dust-Spec-vs.-Torture bullshit exists which I had successfully banished from my mind).

    I remember watching Devs a few years back and I think you put everything I felt about that show into words much better than I ever could have.

    • UnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I really should have done a full risk assessment before invoking the dust specks mind virus, my apologies.

      Thanks for the kind feedback, I’m glad that my thoughts resonated with people. Sometimes I start these things and wonder if I’ve just analysed my way into a weird construct of my own creation.