Tech Can't Solve Social Problems
Discussions emphasize that social, societal, or human issues cannot be resolved through technological solutions alone, criticizing attempts to apply tech fixes to inherently non-technical problems.
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I don't think it's a problem that can be solved by more technology.
It's not a technological issue, it's entirely societal. Trying to find technical solutions to social problems is a common but mega mistake.
It's a basic fact. If a problem is caused by something that is not related to lack of technology, you won't solve it with a technical solution. This is obvious in any other field (for example, you won't see a doctor that says that drugs could fix poverty) but a lot of tech people don't seem capable of admitting that some problems cannot be solved by technology.
The solution to social problems is rarely purley technological.That's what I keep saying. Have an upvote.
Technology is not the solution here, it's the problem.
Agreed. This isn't a tech problem, this is a social problem. There is nothing wrong with the current technology, we don't need more code to solve this.
Does someone think there's a technology problem here to solve?
What makes you think tech actually solves problems people have ;)
You can't solve a social problem with technology.
Understand that you can't solve society-wide issues with technology alone.