Progress, Postmodernism and the Tech Backlash – Welcome to Dancoland

Here are two aspects of the anti-tech backlash that I believe are both true, and are actually reciprocally related to each other: Critics in media, politics, and even in tech itself, who spend all …

Progress, Postmodernism and the Tech Backlash February 20, 2020 Here are two aspects of the anti-tech backlash that I believe are both true, and are actually reciprocally related to each other: Critics in media, politics, and even in tech itself, who spend all day in the echo chamber, usually overestimate how many people out in the real world actually believe that Silicon Valley internet companies are villains. As anti-tech rhetoric gets louder, we perceive it as more widespread than it actually is. Conversely, tech leaders don’t appreciate how resonant and cohesive the anti-tech movement actu

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