USSR was technophilic and invented space travel.

DPRK is technophilic.

PRC is technophilic and is the world leader in many advanced technologies.

Marx analyses technological progress deeply. The increase in productive power that results from the creation and rollout of new technologies (including AI) is what raises material standards of living.

  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Their are certain technologies we agree are damaging, even socially administered. Coal power plants for example. When I'm on this site saying "phone bad" it's because I see social media as addictive and alienating. When I say car bad, you know why. "Smart" appliances enable mass surveillance while requiring more rare earth mining than regular appliances.

    I'm not going full Zerzan, but a level of fear around many technologies is healthy

    • windowlicker [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      these are still problems with technology under capitalism. constant surveillance by advertisers and feds, social media is addicting so that you continue using it and they continue harvesting your data to sell, etc. a certain level of technophobia is always necessary but i think there’s much less fear required for technology developed without the necessity to constantly generate profit (current examples of libre software are great examples of this i think)