The book explores the relationship between information infrastructures and the knowledge they produce, contrasting values like speed and efficiency with communal and ecological perspectives. It challenges the notion of technical solutions, prompting readers to reconsider societal goals and the purposes of infrastructures. By framing these issues as open questions, it invites a deeper reflection on the implications of how we organize and interact with technology in our lives.
I. The myth of automated autonomy. The fantasy of full automation -- Spotty automation and less-than-human workers -- II. The myth of automation everywhere. Technology in context, technology as culture -- Automation on the ground -- III. The myth of automating everyone. Automation's racialized fallout -- Automation's gendered inequality -- Conclusion : automation is not our future.
Hate is being reinvented. Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, Luke Munn investigates four objects: 8chan, the cesspool of the Internet, QAnon, the popular meta-conspiracy, Parler, a social media site, and Gab, the »platform for the people.« Drawing together powerful human stories with insights from media studies, psychology, political science, and race and cultural studies, he portrays how digital hate infiltrates hearts and minds.