技术带来什么,问题就随之而来. 技术解决论和荷兰的联系人追踪应用程序
Lotje E Siffels1, Tamar Sharon1
1Interdisciplinary Research Hub On Digitalization and Society (iHub), Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Department of Philosophical Ethics and Political Philosophy, Radboud University, Erasmusplein 1, 6525 HT Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Philosophy & technology
|October 31, 2024
概括
荷兰Coronamelder应用程序所示的技术解决主义提供了有缺陷的解决方案,通过调整问题以适应技术,而不是相反. 这种方法可能会损害公共政策,民主进程,并造成"孤儿问题".
科学领域:
- 科学与技术研究 研究科学与技术研究
- 公共政策分析 公共政策分析
- 数字治理 数字治理
背景情况:
- 荷兰政府在COVID-19大流行期间开发了Coronamelder联系人追踪应用程序.
- 该应用程序旨在减轻手动接触追踪器的负担.
- 通过它的发布,问题上下文已经转移,但应用程序的设计保持不变,突出 technosolutionism.
研究的目的:
- 推进对技术解决方案主义的细微理解,将其与技术修复区分开来.
- 用Coronamelder作为案例研究来分析技术解决主义的实际应用和危害.
- 检查问题如何在技术解决框架内构建和潜在地扭曲.
主要方法:
- 对Coronamelder的发展和问题框架的定性分析.
- 应用了技术解决论的"厚厚概念",结合了构造主义理论.
- 检查应用程序处理的问题随着时间的推移而演变的情况.
主要成果:
- 技术解决问题的特点是"糟糕的构建",缺乏充分的公共政策审议.
- 科罗纳梅尔德案例说明了问题定义如何转移以适应先前存在的技术解决方案.
- 确定了三个关键的危害:颠覆民主决策,大科技公司的影响力增加,以及创造"孤儿问题".
结论:
- 技术解决方案主义可能会在公共政策和治理方面产生重大负面影响.
- 目前的技术伦理,专注于设计,可能不足以解决技术解决主义的系统性危害.
- 对技术是否是合适的解决方案进行批判性评估至关重要,而不仅仅是其设计.
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