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Program or be programmed

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Rushkoff (2010)

Digital technology is programmed. This makes it biased toward those with the capacity to write the code. (p. 128)

But not everyone can (or every software be) programmed, leading to the situation

…instead of optimizing our machines for humanity – or even the benefit of some particular group – we are optimizing humans for machinery. (p. 15)

References#

Rushkoff, D. (2010). Program or be programmed: Ten commands for a digital age. OR Books.