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"In the “Shitty Technology Adoption Curve,” oppressive technologies are first
imposed on people who don’t get to complain — prisoners, migrants, children,
mental patients, benefits recipients — in order to normalize these tools and
sand down their rough edges. Once the technology has been rendered a little
more acceptable, it crawls up the privilege gradient, bit by bit, until even
the most socially powerful among us are using it.
In other words: 20 years ago, if you ate dinner under a CCTV’s unblinking eye,
you were probably dining in a supermax prison. Today, you’re likely just
someone who bought some luxury surveillance, like a “home automation” system
from Google, Apple, Amazon or Facebook.
From “bossware” and “repo-ware” to “ed-tech” and “landord tech,” each
disciplinary technology starts with people way down on the ladder, then
ascends the ladder, rung by rung, until it reaches
you."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
