Post #2070299

2026-05-06 06:50 UTC

Believe it or not but at university I was taught to first consider societal effects and impact of all software we’re *planning* to produce. We were taught about *responsibilty* in whatever we were trying to achieve with that powerful technology, that is capable and limiting at the same time. It’s shaping society and we have a moral obligation to think it through before we apply.

Replies (4)

@dpk@chaos.social 2026-05-06 07:06

@zeank @janl I learned only this weekend that this is considered vital in German university education and is considered a waste of time on the other side of the Atlantic, with various in-between shades in other European countries

Open ##2111347
@thisalex@hachyderm.io 2026-05-06 07:43

@zeank yup. It was a problem of choice: if you bring one thing into the world there are a lot of things which you wouldn’t bring. Scarcity. And now we’re living thru the great societal change of abundance (at least on the personal level: I’m still on the fence if it translates to the real abundance on the market). _It’s good that I lived long enough to become descriptivist: I can watch it and take notes._

Open ##2111352
@anne_twain@theblower.au 2026-05-06 08:01

@zeank I think that training must be quite rare. The dominant creed seems to be that technology is good for its own sake and better if it makes money.

Open ##2111353
@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 08:43

@zeank Sounds unexpectedly good.

Open ##2111354