Evgeny Morozov on the “Moral Bankruptcy of Techno-Elites”
Evgeny Morozov writes about the political and social implications of technology.
In this fascinating article, Morozov reveals and condemns the moral and intellectual vacuity of the leaders of the tech sector.
For all the growing skepticism about Silicon Valley, many still believe that the digital revolution has a serious intellectual dimension, hashed out at conferences like Ted, online salons like Edge.org, publications like Wired, and institutions like the MIT Media Lab. The ideas of the digerati might be wrong, they might be overly utopian, but, at least, they are sincere.
The Epstein scandal – including the latest revelation that Epstein might have channeled up to $8m (some of it, apparently, on behalf of Bill Gates) to the MIT Media Lab, while its executives were fully aware of his problematic background – has cast the digerati in a very different light. It has already led to the resignation of the lab’s director, Joi Ito.
This, however, is not only a story of individuals gone CONTINUE READING: Evgeny Morozov on the “Moral Bankruptcy of Techno-Elites” | Diane Ravitch's blog
