Evgeny Morozov
Evgeny Morozov
Evgeny Morozovis a writer and researcher of Belarusian origin who studies political and social implications of technology...
NationalityBelarusian
ProfessionWriter
CountryBelarus
technology europe people
The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people in the camps, ecological disasters.
technology decision political
The message I'm trying to send is that technology is political, and that many decisions that look like decisions about technology actually are not at all about technology - they are about politics, and they need to be scrutinized as closely as we would scrutinize decisions about politics.
smart media law
When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won't even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we're perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.
technology thinking criticism
When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy.
technology government degrees
Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology.
internet propaganda made
The Internet has made it much more effective and cheaper to spread propaganda.
technology thinking design
For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.
nice communication fighting
However revolutionary it may be, the Internet still hasn't altered the basic law of human communication: Being nice to your interlocutors is a good way to start any negotiations, particularly, when being hostile is an open invitation for a cyber-fight.
clouds computer centralization
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server.
ipads kindles active
I'm active on Twitter, and I love my iPad and my Kindle.
smartphones political matching
If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks to smartphones and social networks, we can create new, more efficient markets for matching short-term renters with tenants.
nice people video
Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara.
surveillance-cameras might study
Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in greater happiness of everyone involved.
technology pay belief
Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other than get on with it and simply adjust our norms - is a persistent feature of social thought about technology. We'll come to pay for it very dearly.