RESTORING DIGNITY TO TECHNOLOGY
HOW TO DESIGN TOOLS TO SET RIGHT WHAT HAS GONE WRONG ONLINE
by ELI PARISER
Jan 28, 2019
3 minutes
WHAT BROKE THE INTERNET? WAS IT the business model, the tech bros’ myopia, Russian infiltrators, millennials? Lately commentators have heaved a world-weary sigh and pointed at a more existential culprit: human nature. That sounds like a compelling, intuitive answer—after all, people online do lots of awful and ugly stuff. As a diagnosis, though, it’s dangerously superficial and lets tech companies off easy. The worst qualities of online space aren’t inevitable: they’re a natural result of a lack of human dignity.
Dignity—literally “worthy” in
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