Will tech giants move on from the internet, now we’ve all been harvested? | Technology | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/28/morozov-artificial-intelligence-data-technology-online
Much of the current hysteria about the technology industry is due to its highly ambiguous relationship with its users. Driven by the logics of both compassion and indifference, this relationship has always been erratic yet functional. These two clashing rationales, for example, allowed technology companies, frequently painted as Dr Evil, to claim the mantle of Mother Theresa. However, as the unresolved contradictions of these logics pile up, we can’t fail to notice the incoherence of the industry’s overall social vision.