“What does it mean to be the mayor of a big American city, where the police have absolutely embraced techno-solutionism as policing, as the dominant attitude toward policing?” @elizabethjoh.bsky.social says.
www.wired.com/story/welcom...
www.wired.com/story/welcom...
Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“What does it mean to be the mayor of a big American city, where the police have absolutely embraced techno-solutionism as policing, as the dominant attitude toward policing?” @elizabethjoh.bsky.social says.
www.wired.com/story/welcom...
www.wired.com/story/welcom...
The language choices of the authors made it clear that blockchain, while not sufficiently explained, was the core of their techno-solutionism. Only favourable adjectives and noun phrases were in its vicinity—secure, data integrity, immutable, data transparency, integrated, privacy-enhancing. 4/
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The language choices of the authors made it clear that blockchain, while not sufficiently explained, was the core of their techno-solutionism. Only favourable adjectives and noun phrases were in its vicinity—secure, data integrity, immutable, data transparency, integrated, privacy-enhancing. 4/
Academically, the Torment Nexus functions as a critique of techno-solutionism and neoliberal innovation culture where the drive for profit and novelty overrides ethical reflection and narrative warnings. (What safety by design am I right‽)
November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Academically, the Torment Nexus functions as a critique of techno-solutionism and neoliberal innovation culture where the drive for profit and novelty overrides ethical reflection and narrative warnings. (What safety by design am I right‽)
And also quite probably some of you are just itching to write me off as a liberal billionaire apologist.
Do as you will – actually ideally fuck off and unfollow me? Cheers ➡️🚪
But necessary disclaimer that OF COURSE I disagree with his tech-solutionism and belief that ‘innovation’ will do the trick
Do as you will – actually ideally fuck off and unfollow me? Cheers ➡️🚪
But necessary disclaimer that OF COURSE I disagree with his tech-solutionism and belief that ‘innovation’ will do the trick
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And also quite probably some of you are just itching to write me off as a liberal billionaire apologist.
Do as you will – actually ideally fuck off and unfollow me? Cheers ➡️🚪
But necessary disclaimer that OF COURSE I disagree with his tech-solutionism and belief that ‘innovation’ will do the trick
Do as you will – actually ideally fuck off and unfollow me? Cheers ➡️🚪
But necessary disclaimer that OF COURSE I disagree with his tech-solutionism and belief that ‘innovation’ will do the trick
Here's me on technological solutionism in the Canadian context (OA): "Letting the solution define the problem: Canada’s COVID Alert app as a case of failed policy."
It's beyond disheartening to watch Canadian digital policy actually regress.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
It's beyond disheartening to watch Canadian digital policy actually regress.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's me on technological solutionism in the Canadian context (OA): "Letting the solution define the problem: Canada’s COVID Alert app as a case of failed policy."
It's beyond disheartening to watch Canadian digital policy actually regress.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
It's beyond disheartening to watch Canadian digital policy actually regress.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
@arnkeeling.bsky.social's point highlights the dangers of taking an AI-first approach to policymaking. When you start with the solution, you miss alternative, often better, ways to address your actual problem.
Evgeny Morozov identified this problem (technological solutionism) over a decade ago.
Evgeny Morozov identified this problem (technological solutionism) over a decade ago.
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@arnkeeling.bsky.social's point highlights the dangers of taking an AI-first approach to policymaking. When you start with the solution, you miss alternative, often better, ways to address your actual problem.
Evgeny Morozov identified this problem (technological solutionism) over a decade ago.
Evgeny Morozov identified this problem (technological solutionism) over a decade ago.
Evgeny Morozov wrote a book about IT "solutionism" some years back and this looks like yet another iteration of that.
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Evgeny Morozov wrote a book about IT "solutionism" some years back and this looks like yet another iteration of that.
"Many scholars, including us, have highlighted the threat posed by techno-solutionism in education: Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves."
1/n
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Many scholars, including us, have highlighted the threat posed by techno-solutionism in education: Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves."
1/n
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
1/n
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Is Labour falling for techno-solutionism, or can AI really transform Britain?
🔴 Why No10 is betting big on AI
🔴 How the UK can move "quicker than the US"
🔴 The need to get the public on board
My interview w/ AI minister Kanishka Narayan & much more 👇
🔴 Why No10 is betting big on AI
🔴 How the UK can move "quicker than the US"
🔴 The need to get the public on board
My interview w/ AI minister Kanishka Narayan & much more 👇
AI Minister Kanishka Narayan: 'We Want To Go Further And Faster'
For questions on public service reform, economic growth and Britain’s place on the world stage, Keir Starmer sees AI as the answer. But is that rea...
www.politicshome.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Is Labour falling for techno-solutionism, or can AI really transform Britain?
🔴 Why No10 is betting big on AI
🔴 How the UK can move "quicker than the US"
🔴 The need to get the public on board
My interview w/ AI minister Kanishka Narayan & much more 👇
🔴 Why No10 is betting big on AI
🔴 How the UK can move "quicker than the US"
🔴 The need to get the public on board
My interview w/ AI minister Kanishka Narayan & much more 👇
One of the approaches of this emergent movement is to shift techno-solutionism and faith in a few men to be a default "reasonable"'position, decrying anyone who critiques this tendency to go all in on a single idea (such as a certain application of AI) as anti-progress, NIMBYish, irrational
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
One of the approaches of this emergent movement is to shift techno-solutionism and faith in a few men to be a default "reasonable"'position, decrying anyone who critiques this tendency to go all in on a single idea (such as a certain application of AI) as anti-progress, NIMBYish, irrational
I have a running joke that my single techno-solutionism fix for <gestures everywhere> is (1) invent time travel, and (2) go back to the 1980s and adjust tax policy.
Voila! Problem solved.
Voila! Problem solved.
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I have a running joke that my single techno-solutionism fix for <gestures everywhere> is (1) invent time travel, and (2) go back to the 1980s and adjust tax policy.
Voila! Problem solved.
Voila! Problem solved.
Booking marking this case study of GOV.UK Notify by Hannah White & @eaves.ca to wheel out next time there’s a bit of reductive technical solutionism about common platforms:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/scaling-digital-infrastructure-siloed-state
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/scaling-digital-infrastructure-siloed-state
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Booking marking this case study of GOV.UK Notify by Hannah White & @eaves.ca to wheel out next time there’s a bit of reductive technical solutionism about common platforms:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/scaling-digital-infrastructure-siloed-state
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/scaling-digital-infrastructure-siloed-state
@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
États-Unis : face à Donald Trump et aux géants de la tech, se soumettre ou résister ? Media-Options Media Options
Depuis plusieurs mois, des salarié·es de la tech s’opposent à la vente à Tel-Aviv ou Washington d’outils facilitant la surveillance de masse. Retour sur une mobilisation, alors que Microsoft vient de ...
www.media-options.fr
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
man will walk on the moon" is mostly ignored or mocked and I'd wonder how much that was the case at all human periods and what kind of human character would always be on the side of this optimism / technological solutionism / situational awareness / lemme-pull-up-my-sleeves-and-beat-nature-into-sub
October 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
man will walk on the moon" is mostly ignored or mocked and I'd wonder how much that was the case at all human periods and what kind of human character would always be on the side of this optimism / technological solutionism / situational awareness / lemme-pull-up-my-sleeves-and-beat-nature-into-sub
Speculative Friction has a cool series and they just spoke with our colleague, activist + author @liaholland.bsky.social, about challenging tech solutionism, navigating surveillance capitalism in the creative industry + more. Check it out!
speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...
speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...
The Journey Matters: resisting tech solutionism, building community, and rewriting narratives
A conversation with Lia Holland exploring how storytelling opens space for meaning, equity, and imagination
speculativefriction.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Speculative Friction has a cool series and they just spoke with our colleague, activist + author @liaholland.bsky.social, about challenging tech solutionism, navigating surveillance capitalism in the creative industry + more. Check it out!
speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...
speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...
The Smart-Enough City.
Technology has potential to improve urban life, but we must avoid falling into vague techno-fetishism & solutionism driven by corporate interests. The smart-enough city focuses on empowering citizen; uses both analog & digital tools wisely to address clearly defined problems.
Technology has potential to improve urban life, but we must avoid falling into vague techno-fetishism & solutionism driven by corporate interests. The smart-enough city focuses on empowering citizen; uses both analog & digital tools wisely to address clearly defined problems.
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Smart-Enough City.
Technology has potential to improve urban life, but we must avoid falling into vague techno-fetishism & solutionism driven by corporate interests. The smart-enough city focuses on empowering citizen; uses both analog & digital tools wisely to address clearly defined problems.
Technology has potential to improve urban life, but we must avoid falling into vague techno-fetishism & solutionism driven by corporate interests. The smart-enough city focuses on empowering citizen; uses both analog & digital tools wisely to address clearly defined problems.
"What if we tried techno-solutionism to fix society" - someone who's about to destabilize several nation states
October 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"What if we tried techno-solutionism to fix society" - someone who's about to destabilize several nation states
Larry Ellison's £257m patronage has reshaped the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) into a well-funded engine of techno-solutionism. Our essay of the week tracks the symbiotic relationship between the TBI and Oracle.
By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @maybulman.bsky.social
buff.ly/rt5ONlT
By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @maybulman.bsky.social
buff.ly/rt5ONlT
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Larry Ellison's £257m patronage has reshaped the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) into a well-funded engine of techno-solutionism. Our essay of the week tracks the symbiotic relationship between the TBI and Oracle.
By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @maybulman.bsky.social
buff.ly/rt5ONlT
By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @maybulman.bsky.social
buff.ly/rt5ONlT
I'll see your techno-optimism and raise you a tech solutionism and tech exceptionalism.
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I'll see your techno-optimism and raise you a tech solutionism and tech exceptionalism.
Glad to have got this over the line
How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of Big Tech
His Institute (TBI) is pushing AI solutionism on Starmer’s govt, which is embracing it w open arms, as TBI donor & tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to reap the benefits
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of Big Tech
His Institute (TBI) is pushing AI solutionism on Starmer’s govt, which is embracing it w open arms, as TBI donor & tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to reap the benefits
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Glad to have got this over the line
How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of Big Tech
His Institute (TBI) is pushing AI solutionism on Starmer’s govt, which is embracing it w open arms, as TBI donor & tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to reap the benefits
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of Big Tech
His Institute (TBI) is pushing AI solutionism on Starmer’s govt, which is embracing it w open arms, as TBI donor & tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to reap the benefits
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
And the solutionism spread by Silicon Valley types.
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
And the solutionism spread by Silicon Valley types.
Bsky T&S has been questionable recently. It may be tempting to make a decentralized bsky where these problems are structurally impossible, but that's tech solutionism; very bad.
So wat do?
Simple. A poster's strike. Repeat after me:
"We keep going until Bluesky fires the trust and safety team"
So wat do?
Simple. A poster's strike. Repeat after me:
"We keep going until Bluesky fires the trust and safety team"
September 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bsky T&S has been questionable recently. It may be tempting to make a decentralized bsky where these problems are structurally impossible, but that's tech solutionism; very bad.
So wat do?
Simple. A poster's strike. Repeat after me:
"We keep going until Bluesky fires the trust and safety team"
So wat do?
Simple. A poster's strike. Repeat after me:
"We keep going until Bluesky fires the trust and safety team"
Incredible mix of fatalism and solutionism here. AI means we can't hit near-term goals, but AI will magically enable us to hit our 2050 goals.
In the real world: a couple of eye-watering and unprecedented fossil-fuelled data centres are coming into existence
www.nola.com/news/busines...
In the real world: a couple of eye-watering and unprecedented fossil-fuelled data centres are coming into existence
www.nola.com/news/busines...
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Incredible mix of fatalism and solutionism here. AI means we can't hit near-term goals, but AI will magically enable us to hit our 2050 goals.
In the real world: a couple of eye-watering and unprecedented fossil-fuelled data centres are coming into existence
www.nola.com/news/busines...
In the real world: a couple of eye-watering and unprecedented fossil-fuelled data centres are coming into existence
www.nola.com/news/busines...
There are hundreds of reasons to decry the impact of social media on journalism, but something that's really been irking me lately is what I call (in my head) influencer solutionism -- the idea that there is no benefit to documenting or revealing a problem unless you also have the solution ready...🧵
September 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There are hundreds of reasons to decry the impact of social media on journalism, but something that's really been irking me lately is what I call (in my head) influencer solutionism -- the idea that there is no benefit to documenting or revealing a problem unless you also have the solution ready...🧵