Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
The king of tech-solutionism strikes again.
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The king of tech-solutionism strikes again.
I'll see your techno-optimism and raise you a tech solutionism and tech exceptionalism.
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I'll see your techno-optimism and raise you a tech solutionism and tech exceptionalism.
If the 2010s were marked by techno-solutionism, then the 2020s might be the decade of "natural solutionism". Both are flawed, disdain the regulatory state, and in both "expertise is treated as suspect, corrupt, or altogether illegitimate, with anecdotes and mantras replacing verifiable data"
The Flawed Ideology That Unites Grass-Fed Beef Fans and Anti-Vaxxers
From RFK Jr. to Hollywood A-listers and Democratic senators, people across the political spectrum are jumping onto the slippery slope of nature-based solutionism.
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If the 2010s were marked by techno-solutionism, then the 2020s might be the decade of "natural solutionism". Both are flawed, disdain the regulatory state, and in both "expertise is treated as suspect, corrupt, or altogether illegitimate, with anecdotes and mantras replacing verifiable data"
this whole thing has been a sad case study of antisocial hubris and tech solutionism
September 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
this whole thing has been a sad case study of antisocial hubris and tech solutionism
When I scheduled this episode, I hadn’t even considered what day it would be dropping. Anyway, here’s @danmcquillan.bsky.social talking about AI as fascistic solutionism.
AI is a form of “fascistic solutionism” that diverts us from serious problems and presents tech that classifies and surveils as a solution.
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January 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When I scheduled this episode, I hadn’t even considered what day it would be dropping. Anyway, here’s @danmcquillan.bsky.social talking about AI as fascistic solutionism.
The dialectic of solutionism
March 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The dialectic of solutionism
cia solutionism, yay
July 14, 2024 at 9:18 PM
cia solutionism, yay
May 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
AI solutionism: "I have a hammer! Let me find a nail to hit with it."
AI hype: "This hammer is here to stay! Let me hit myself on the head with it."
AI hype: "This hammer is here to stay! Let me hit myself on the head with it."
March 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM
AI solutionism: "I have a hammer! Let me find a nail to hit with it."
AI hype: "This hammer is here to stay! Let me hit myself on the head with it."
AI hype: "This hammer is here to stay! Let me hit myself on the head with it."
This is unfortunately just a piece of tech solutionism which does not actually address, and seems to unfortunately exacerbate, the underlying negative relational social values :\
May 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is unfortunately just a piece of tech solutionism which does not actually address, and seems to unfortunately exacerbate, the underlying negative relational social values :\
bsky.app/profile/walm...
yes, this goes back to my basic point. imagine telling someone railing against 'solutionism' and 'technocracy' that a TRUCK -- a quintessential mechanical beast of burden -- was designed almost solely for aesthetic reasons
yes, this goes back to my basic point. imagine telling someone railing against 'solutionism' and 'technocracy' that a TRUCK -- a quintessential mechanical beast of burden -- was designed almost solely for aesthetic reasons
this is explicitly why the cybertruck looks like dogshit. Elon designed to look like he imagined the truck of the future looking, not to be a functional truck or look good
December 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
bsky.app/profile/walm...
yes, this goes back to my basic point. imagine telling someone railing against 'solutionism' and 'technocracy' that a TRUCK -- a quintessential mechanical beast of burden -- was designed almost solely for aesthetic reasons
yes, this goes back to my basic point. imagine telling someone railing against 'solutionism' and 'technocracy' that a TRUCK -- a quintessential mechanical beast of burden -- was designed almost solely for aesthetic reasons
I am always saying this
February 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am always saying this
AI solutionism is a faith-based religion and more people should reject it purely on that principle (instead of the softer arguments about how effective it is, the environmental cost, the labor cost, etc).
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
AI solutionism is a faith-based religion and more people should reject it purely on that principle (instead of the softer arguments about how effective it is, the environmental cost, the labor cost, etc).
You cannot technofix/technological solutionism your way out of sociocultural values problems.
August 31, 2023 at 2:21 PM
You cannot technofix/technological solutionism your way out of sociocultural values problems.
There is much critique of techno-solutionism, or the idea that we can have the same things but better/more sustainable through technology, but the converse of this, a "naturalistic solutionism," that says we can have beef as long as it comes from a grass-fed cow, deserves just as much critique.
March 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There is much critique of techno-solutionism, or the idea that we can have the same things but better/more sustainable through technology, but the converse of this, a "naturalistic solutionism," that says we can have beef as long as it comes from a grass-fed cow, deserves just as much critique.
Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
So much of this language is almost indistinguishable from the way Albanese speaks - focusing on free market mechanisms, techno-solutionism, constantly about affordability and reliability and downplaying and dismissing climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:44 AM
So much of this language is almost indistinguishable from the way Albanese speaks - focusing on free market mechanisms, techno-solutionism, constantly about affordability and reliability and downplaying and dismissing climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tragically, AI remains unable to cure the crisis of Tech Solutionism Disorder.
October 13, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Tragically, AI remains unable to cure the crisis of Tech Solutionism Disorder.
In the wake of HU elections, social media flooded with „Just do x and far-right populism will be defeated“-solutionism.
If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.
If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.
April 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
In the wake of HU elections, social media flooded with „Just do x and far-right populism will be defeated“-solutionism.
If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.
If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.
Yeah I don’t know sometimes techno-solutionism works
July 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Yeah I don’t know sometimes techno-solutionism works
The tragedy of the cookie banner is that it embodies the best intentions but worst solutionism of modern regulation: the fantasy that complex problems such as digital surveillance can be solved by forcing individuals to click "I agree."
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March 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The tragedy of the cookie banner is that it embodies the best intentions but worst solutionism of modern regulation: the fantasy that complex problems such as digital surveillance can be solved by forcing individuals to click "I agree."
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I want to teach a course on the history of technology solely as an excuse to play this masterpiece before every single lecture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jH...
Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism (Official Video)
YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I want to teach a course on the history of technology solely as an excuse to play this masterpiece before every single lecture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jH...
This is such an important article, about the simplistic visions now pushing aside scientific research and complex social issues. A must read. newrepublic.com/article/1933...
The Flawed Ideology That Unites Grass-Fed Beef Fans and Anti-Vaxxers
From RFK Jr. to Hollywood A-listers and Democratic senators, people across the political spectrum are jumping onto the slippery slope of nature-based solutionism.
newrepublic.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is such an important article, about the simplistic visions now pushing aside scientific research and complex social issues. A must read. newrepublic.com/article/1933...