tanteMar 3

As a human being you have the right to be able to understand the world. That is why education is so important.

Any technology that hinders your understanding (even if it seemingly gives you capabilities) is deeply in- and anti-humane.

Show threadbarclakj
@tante I’m not convinced that’s a human right. It would be nice to understand the world, it would be nice to understand the universe. Education is important. But I’m not even sure we’re capable of understanding, let alone that it should be a human-right…
Mar 3 at 12:52pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadtanteMar 3
@barclakj Article 26 of the UN declaration of human rights.
Show threadBioSchweizMar 3
@tante @barclakj that's the right to receive an elementary education. Bit far-reaching interpretation!
Show threadKateMar 3
@barclakj @tante I think what I'd say is that you have a right to understand the operations of the social world you live in. these days consumer computing devices are almost primarily about operating, delineating, and consuming your social environment, including and especially the social production of knowledge. and their functioning is opaque and out of my control, even if I'm a programmer who makes using and understanding alternative software into my full-time job
Show threadbarclakjMar 3
@devkate @tante understanding something is not the same as knowing it or of having an education in it. You can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink.