#+title: Social problems do not have technical solutions
- tags :: [[file:20210103204755-technology_in_capitalism.org][technology in capitalism]] [[file:20210103203659-technology.org][technology]] [[file:20210103205104-technocracy.org][technocracy]]

In recent years it's been fashionable to speak of technical solutions for social
problems. Wealthy CEOs and technocrats have proposted technical solutions to
social problems. [[file:20210103205314-cryptocurrency.org][Cryptocurrency]] is often cited as one such example:

Social problem: conventional currency, cash, etc. is susceptible to fraud, has no
inherent value, can be controlled by a central bank ([[file:20210103205430-libertarianism.org][libertarian]] argument).
Technical solution: Currency should be a digital ledger that makes committing
fraud difficult, not centrally controlled.

Of course, cryptocurrency is just as much susceptible to fraud and
centralization as regular currency.

The only solution to social problems are social / political solutions,
technology is only auxiliary to that.