<story><title>Aicracy – Governed by Algorithms</title><url>https://www.aicracy.net</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ly3xqhl8g9</author><text>Algocracy [1] sounds somewhat better, but as any barbarism, Medieval Latin &lt;i&gt;algorismus&lt;/i&gt;, a mangled transliteration of the Arabic &lt;i&gt;al-Khwarizmi&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;kratos&lt;/i&gt;, Ancient Greek word for power, is just as wrong.&lt;p&gt;The issue however is that society does not have a technology problem, it has a metaphysics problem: under, over, and for what should there be a &lt;i&gt;we&lt;/i&gt;. Hence why all the futures we imagine through technology can barely go beyond a boring distopia.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Government_by_algorithm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Government_by_algorithm&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hemmert</author><text>I think we&amp;#x27;re losing that &amp;#x27;we&amp;#x27; in many instances, even if it feels like being &amp;#x27;more connected&amp;#x27;, it&amp;#x27;s less &amp;#x27;together&amp;#x27; often.</text></comment>
<story><title>Aicracy – Governed by Algorithms</title><url>https://www.aicracy.net</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ly3xqhl8g9</author><text>Algocracy [1] sounds somewhat better, but as any barbarism, Medieval Latin &lt;i&gt;algorismus&lt;/i&gt;, a mangled transliteration of the Arabic &lt;i&gt;al-Khwarizmi&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;kratos&lt;/i&gt;, Ancient Greek word for power, is just as wrong.&lt;p&gt;The issue however is that society does not have a technology problem, it has a metaphysics problem: under, over, and for what should there be a &lt;i&gt;we&lt;/i&gt;. Hence why all the futures we imagine through technology can barely go beyond a boring distopia.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Government_by_algorithm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Government_by_algorithm&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ETH_start</author><text>A utopia for some is going to be a dystopia for others. That&amp;#x27;s why I prefer a heterotopia:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bilibili.com&amp;#x2F;video&amp;#x2F;BV1EW41177v6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bilibili.com&amp;#x2F;video&amp;#x2F;BV1EW41177v6&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>