Technological remedies for social problems: defining and demarcating techno-fixes and techno-solutionism

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  • What: The authors provide more precise definitions and clearly distinguish between techno-fixes and technosolutionism through conceptual By refining these concepts the authors aim to advance the discussion and lay the groundwork for more productive analyses of the role of technology in solving social problems. The authors evaluate their strengths and weaknesses by looking at four criteria: alignment with natural language and intuitive appeal to experts and non-experts, how clear the definitions are, how easily the definition can be consistently and usefully applied to relevant examples, and_(4) whether definitions are maximally normatively neutral or biased . . .

     

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