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I think we can see a different dimension of the potential for decomputing in the disability movement. They are resisting savage cuts to welfare justified by stigmatising algorithms of suspicion, and through being labelled as unproductive members of society. They also have a deep understanding of the way disability itself is socially constructed by the technologies that society chooses to use or not to use.
Decomputing as Resistance
Dan McQuillan
These moves to assess—and punish—humanities programs based on their ultimate financial upside should be understood as part of [a broader effort](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/should-us-politicians-be-cutting-humanities-courses) to defund them entirely.
The Humanities Have Sown the Seeds of Their Own Destruction - The Atlantic
Tyler Austin Harper
In the developed nations of the 21st century, convenience — that is, more efficient and easier ways of doing personal tasks — has emerged as perhaps the most powerful force shaping our individual lives and our economies. This is particularly true in America, where, despite all the paeans to freedom and individuality, one sometimes wonders whether convenience is in fact the supreme value.
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