Tech Won't Save Us

How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech w/ Zachary Kaiser

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Feb 15, 2024
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INSIGHT

Interfaces Shape Self-Perception

  • Interfaces shape how we understand ourselves and our relationship to technology.
  • They mediate the data collected about us and present an interpreted snapshot of reality.
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Tech Promotes Optimization Ideology

  • Technologies influence how we identify and optimize ourselves with data.
  • Even accurate devices can push us to see ourselves as quantifiable machines.
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Computable Subjectivity as Ideology

  • The belief humans are computable is ideological but offers material benefits.
  • Those inside tech design must internalize this belief to produce usable products.
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