The question of the broader societal challenges is essential, as you really need to go back to the telos of what your product. But also, to know what really brings humans meaning. Vervaeke is a fantastic person to bring in to the discussion as he has thought so much about that. This post came out a few days ago and really nails the issue.
There's just still such a huge gap between the grand philosophical musings about telos and meaning and the very specific and consequential decision making in the tech industry. Bringing these closer together is such a challenge. It doesn’t help that certain leaders in tech have their own agendas that are fundamentally opposed to addressing such societal challenges. We can only hope that more people wake up to the fact that what we are sold as progress doesn’t actually add up to a net positive in many cases anymore.
The question of the broader societal challenges is essential, as you really need to go back to the telos of what your product. But also, to know what really brings humans meaning. Vervaeke is a fantastic person to bring in to the discussion as he has thought so much about that. This post came out a few days ago and really nails the issue.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/10-reasons-why-technological-progress?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=59ri9
There's just still such a huge gap between the grand philosophical musings about telos and meaning and the very specific and consequential decision making in the tech industry. Bringing these closer together is such a challenge. It doesn’t help that certain leaders in tech have their own agendas that are fundamentally opposed to addressing such societal challenges. We can only hope that more people wake up to the fact that what we are sold as progress doesn’t actually add up to a net positive in many cases anymore.