Doesn’t transparency and empowerment require ongoing debate to remain vital? Dismissing conversation about the implications of the tools we propose to offer to consumers seems short-sighted, if we do intend to change the dialogue essentially compared to how we found it. From: Matt Hogan [mailto:
] Evgeny Morozov, no doubt a smart guy, has penned another screed (on top of last month's MIT Tech Review article), this time in FT, about how new tools, new laws and transparency aren't solving anything. In fact, he basically belittles many of us on this list as peddlers of "consumer empowerment utopia". It appears his prescription to our structural ills is more debate. New FT article: http://evgenymorozov.tumblr.com/post/71228557738/my-ft-oped Last month's MIT tech review: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520426/the-real-privacy-problem/ -- |
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