FeralRobotsIn general it's gonna be a very #techsolutionist era for a long time, not least because #techsolutionism is a great way to hide grifts.
Also though when we do eventually have to face the fact that climate change is real & is fucking us, we'll be so far down its gullet that our only hope will be large-scale #geoengineering solutions. (FTR I despise geoengineering & think most large scale GE soltuiosn are more likely to kill us all than the climate change.)
https://mastodon.social/@FeralRobots/113442598685683017
Nuclear power will boom, OTOH, because it's a #techsolutionist poster child.
(If y'all wanna get into the risk profile feel free, just, in advance, I'll probably stay out of it.)
(If y'all wanna get into the risk profile feel free, just, in advance, I'll probably stay out of it.)
I actually think federated social media (e.g. the #fediverse) could finally deliver on that promise of massively distributed human action. One of the things that could kill it would be unrealistic #TechSolutionist expectations - like '#spam & #fedispam will be magically fixed by technology.'
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#Mastodon & the adjacent #Fediverse aren't exactly anti-#TechSolutionist, but they are clearly designed with the limitations of tech-solutionism in mind.
Mastodon specifically, & most of what we think of as the Fediverse generally, are BY DESIGN predicated on the principle that the appropriate solutions are ultimately cultural & behavioral, not technical. But so many folks still slip into a #TechSolutionism trap.