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The Stem-Ification of Society
A call to re-evaluate the rationales of techno-capitalism.
As a student and proponent of humanities education, computer science and the fields it enables - modern day econometrics, finance, and more — are at the heart of societies most pressing problems: data colonialism, alienation, and financialization. Data collection - through super apps such as WeChat (微信) and the worlds most formidable surveillance network complete with facial recognition technology, enable problematic predictive policing practices and the holding up to one million Uyghur muslims in political education camps. What cannot happen is our forced enrollment in a modern day colonial apparatus which considers our daily existence - payment for groceries, riding the metro, digital connections with friends and loved ones — as a resource to be exploited.
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