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   phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 17:21:19 JST phiofx

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   • Estelle Platini

   @estelle i think he is making a gross logical error or at least uses terms in very narrow ways. "Technological progress" is not a one-way street.

   Technology is the sum total of cultural adaptations that make use of the external environment. It has countless dimensions. We choose which ones we explore and develop and towards what aim.

   The idea that we can have large numbers of people on the planet living comfortable lives without sophisticated technology is not just wrong, its dangerous.

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     Estelle Platini (estelle@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 17:21:25 JST Estelle Platini

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     “The idea of effecting decentralization while maintaining technical progress is purely utopian.”
     ~ Jacques Ellul

     #productivity #efficiency #criticalTheory #Ellul #acceleration #accelerate #sustainability #sustainableDevelopment #technocriticism #convergence #quotes #degrowth #governance #agriculture

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     Estelle Platini (estelle@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 17:21:26 JST Estelle Platini

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     "The authorities say they have no choice but to move forward and keep up. Produce more and more, faster and faster. In reality, technological #progress has got out of hand. It's out of our control. And we should be the ones adapting to its frenetic pace. The ecological crisis has become a pretext for increasing global competition, the technological race and social and environmental dumping".

     "What green growth offers us as a 'solution' is ever more markets and technology, […] a frantic quest for efficiency and rationalisation, with no regard for sensitivity or the quest for harmonious relations with others and with nature."

     "With green industry, new tax credits and guarantees will be granted. Not 12 billion euros for workers and pensions, but hundreds of billions for big business."

     Hélène Tordjman (in fr) : https://reporterre.net/Helene-Tordjman-M-Macron-est-enferme-dans-son-delire-productiviste

     #neoliberalism #acceleration #accelerate #agriculture #greenGrowth #sustainableDevelopment #technocriticism #convergence

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     Estelle Platini (estelle@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 17:21:27 JST Estelle Platini

     Read below a discussion about the convergence of market and technology. Follow #technocriticism