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 ipods chinese
iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.
technology worry important
I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes.
technology human-nature humans
Technology changes all the time; human nature hardly ever,
entering use world
You know, it's not a given that there is an 'online' and 'offline' world out there. When you use the telephone, you don't say that I'm entering some 'telephono-sphere.' You don't say that, and there is no obvious need to say that when you are using a modem.
technology thinking
I don't think love for technology itself breeds change.
technology may information
Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.
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.
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.
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.