SSIR: Digital Tech for the Good of Society
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Although digital technology and society are increasingly and inextricably linked, digital technology must develop in service of society. We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it.
For decades, the United States has allowed digital technology to expand unmoored from any societal vision. Despite a history of standing up to protect people’s rights, Americans have remained uncharacteristically complacent, accepting digital technology’s impact on our economy, democracy, criminal-justice system, and social fabric as inevitable.
We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it.
Read the entire piece here.
For decades, the United States has allowed digital technology to expand unmoored from any societal vision. Despite a history of standing up to protect people’s rights, Americans have remained uncharacteristically complacent, accepting digital technology’s impact on our economy, democracy, criminal-justice system, and social fabric as inevitable.
We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it.
Read the entire piece here.
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