carrier-bag.net

Over the past few years numerous scientists, authors, and journalists have produced a complex and diverse collection of ideas in relation to recent technology. We hope to assemble these strands of thought into a Carrier Bag of Tech. Today’s tech overlords – the Musks, Ramasvanys, Altmans, Schmidts, Bostroms, or Mostaques of this world – relentlessly push their narrative of superhuman tech powers. Their narrative of so-called Superintelligence, blockchain windfalls and victorious Manhattan bro-jects is overrepresented in the media and public discussion. In contrast, the often meticulous work of gathering, sorting, composing, thinking, arguing, and publishing, is often pushed aside as inferior technology. We would like to emphasize this perspective on technology, debunking various hype cycles and the myth of glorious creative destruction via digital technology. https://carrier-bag.net/