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Is software political? (www.jstor.org)

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In this paper the author highlights how both engineers and social scientists misinterpret the relationship between technology and society. In particular he attacks the narrative, widespread among engineers, that technological artifacts, such as software, have no political properties in themselves and that function or efficiency are the only drivers of technological design and implementation.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

user: "please change mention of 'he' to a gender-neutral term"

Andreas: "please keep politics out of this"

Now to some, dare I say most, this is a perfectly reasonable position for Andreas to be in. But to others, perhaps a vocal minority at the opposite extreme... it's everything from bigotry to borderline terrorism.

I literally cannot roll my eyes harder right now.