𝓻𝓻𝓪The lessons of Chile’s struggle against Big Tech
By Evgeny Morozov
"As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup, it’s tempting to see #Allende as a tragic but hapless figure, who spent most of his short-lived presidency fending off efforts to unseat him. [...]
And yet, for all the problems and crises, there were plenty of radical, utopian and even otherworldly initiatives that still have the power to inspire us today. Surprisingly, many of them had to do with technology; Letelier’s push for the tech equivalent of the IMF was just one of many examples.
Common to all of them was an understanding of #technology through the lens of geopolitics and heterodox economics – a lens that got destroyed by the global neoliberal transformation that followed the coup. While Pinochet embraced the Chicago School of #economics Allende’s government was the beneficiary of what might be called the Santiago School of technology. And as we contemplate a post-neoliberal future, free of the Chicago Boys’ influence, we have much to learn from these humbler but wiser Santiago Boys."
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