In this paper the author highlights how both engineers and social scientists misinterpret the relationship between technology and society. In particular he attacks the narrative, widespread among engineers, that technological artifacts, such as software, have no political properties in themselves and that function or efficiency are the only drivers of technological design and implementation.

  • lad@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    3 months ago

    Sometimes people get to learn that politics is in everything managed by humans the hard way, I recommend against it