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One creates a power relationship and dependency. The other breaks one. But in both cases it has /opinions/ about what is /right/ that are grounded not in what computers /can/ do but what they /should/ do, based not on opinions about computers, but opinions about how people should be able to use them
So many of the problems in society right now tracks back to the false statement that "technology is apolitical" being used by techbros to simply assert their own political opinions as "right", uncontestable, and must be imposed on society, and not just other political opinions, same as many others
May 3, 2025 12:36The point of teaching this isn't to assert a "correct" politics, but to at least give students tools to spot, and if necessary, change the political valence of a feature, spot when a feature might cause unintended harm, and the tools to find out about them at least, if not actively mitigate them
