We need a Anti-Supremacist Internationalism movement in Tech
A global broader tech vision of challenging and dismantling structures rooted in supremacy and authoritarianism
@impactology bad things happen when you try to apply technical solutions to social problems or social solutions to technical problems.
The two worlds really don't engage cleanly.
@volkris Insert any other profession/domain/vocation but with those values
@volkris Also there are some liberatory properties of tech that haven't been seen in that way, for example the properties of parallel computing that removes the exclusionary logic of competing for access to education via entrance exams in colleges because of limited seats
@volkris There is a lot that can be done to achieve goals to increase access and develop autonomy, via tech
https://mastodon.social/@impactology/111302985562646996
See example https://openknowledgemaps.org/
galaxy.opensyllabus.org
@impactology even so, I would caution against that kind of thing in any domain that doesn't directly involve politics.
You get into messy issues of, well there's a bug in this MRI machine that needs to be patched, but the developer thinks his boss is contributing to authoritarianism, so he's refusing to work, and the end users impacted by the bug are just screwed.
You get into conflicts of interest pretty quickly when you start asking people to function outside thelr positions like that.
@volkris I am not talking about interpersonal behaviour here but rather org structures, larger social structures. Something like worker coops for example and the way they are run.
this paper might be useful
What is a (social) structural explanation? by Sally Haslanger
This paper offers a way of thinking about structural explanation & sketches an account of social structure that connects social structures with structural
explanation
https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/97040/HaslangerWISSE-FINAL.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
@volkris I think you have misunderstood my intent. Its not application of tech to solve a social problem but rather establishing a set of values while engaging in a profession/vocation as human beings.