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    12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
    - by Anil Dash
    https://medium.com/humane-tech/12-things-everyone-should-understand-about-tech-d158f5a26411
    1. Tech is not neutral.
    2. Tech is not inevitable.
    3. Most people in tech sincerely want to do good.
    4. Tech history is poorly documented and poorly understood.
    5. Most tech education doesnโ€™t include ethical training.
    6. Tech is often built with surprising ignorance about its users.
    7. There is never just one single genius creator of technology.
    8. Most tech isnโ€™t from startups or by startups.
    9. Most big tech companies make money in just one of three ways.
    10. The economic model of big companies skews all of tech.
    11. Tech is as much about fashion as function.
    12. No institution has the power to rein in techโ€™s abuses.

    In conversation Wednesday, 21-Mar-2018 16:00:09 EDT from soc.ialis.me permalink

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      Tech is more important than ever, deeply affecting culture, politics and society. Given all the time we spend with our gadgets and appsโ€ฆ
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