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Jonathan Glick

@ian Excellent essay question prompt!

Not certain the claim is true, although it's understandable as a way of pressing people to address underlying cultural issues. But, in any case, technology *is* an expression of culture, so it's complicated

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bamfic

@Jonathanglick @ian if technology is subordinate to and dependent on culture as you suggest, then that would strongly support the assertion that technology can't fix cultural problems. it would make it less complicated, not more.

Jonathan Glick

@bamfic @ian I'm probably more comfortable with a dialectic, where each provoke the other. How about you?

bamfic

@Jonathanglick @ian possible. then the technology to fix it would be insulin

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