Developing a Thoreauvian Skepticism to Blind Trust in Technological Solutions
The 21st Century Principal
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
"The terrible lethality of machinery is one problem; the more banal daily drain of technology is another. A faceless and amoral machine comes to us as incessant robocalls, spam emails, algorithmically optimized ads, brainless 'customer service' chatbots, automatic fees, and leaks of private records." p. 67, John Kaag & Jonathan Van Belle, Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living Thoreau in Walden , made clear repeatedly that our "inventions" or technologies do not always represent a better
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