It has been our misfortune the information technology revolution, it is nothing short of a revolution, has to this point been overwhelmingly measured by the values of industrialism. For example, it is no coincidence the major revenue source for Google, Facebook, and Twitter is advertising. The value of the technology's information and communication elements, which critically might in fact not be very great, are measured only in relation to their ability to increase resource consumption. Such valuing, advanced by powerful centrally controlled corporations, has detrimentally warped the technology's development.
The Politics of Technology: Stochastic Parrots
The Politics of Technology: Stochastic…
The Politics of Technology: Stochastic Parrots
It has been our misfortune the information technology revolution, it is nothing short of a revolution, has to this point been overwhelmingly measured by the values of industrialism. For example, it is no coincidence the major revenue source for Google, Facebook, and Twitter is advertising. The value of the technology's information and communication elements, which critically might in fact not be very great, are measured only in relation to their ability to increase resource consumption. Such valuing, advanced by powerful centrally controlled corporations, has detrimentally warped the technology's development.