Thread · 5 tweets · 17 Apr 2022

"Technocracy Inc. promoted a philosophy that required treating the public as passive users rather than active citizens, and so far, the solutions put forward by the tech industry have taken a similar approach." Every time a company claims to do something "for everyone."

The @gwijthoff article this quote is pulled from is very much worthy of your time. washingtonpost.com/outlook/silico…

I'm going to use this sign next time someone tells me they need dark patterns and massive amounts of data because they're working to provide access for everyone.

(Some of the pics are wild duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Technocr…)

This is a totally normal esthetic, not worrying at all.