"So the idea is, that guns aren't neutral, but it is also true that who we are, plus the technology, that leads to the affordances it has."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
#podcasts#PastPresentFuture#HistoryOfBadIdeas #technology #affordances
"The answer 'we have to fix capitalism' doesn't help. It might be true, but it doesn't help.
So here's where I think there are some ... interventions that would require a change in political will to enable. But there's very little stopping them other than a lack of political will, which is largely a result of capture of political power by economic interests."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
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#podcasts#PastPresentFuture#HistoryOfBadIdeas #regulation #TechRegulation
"If you think about liability regimes and incentives. One of the obvious other things we're seeing is that there is no financial penalty for companies building dangerous [digital] things anymore. Or very little financial penalty, it's one they can certainly afford to pay.
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
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