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Model Metropolis

The strange prehistory and dangerous afterlife of SimCity.

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by Kevin T. Baker

Magazine, L. (2019). Model Metropolis. In Magazine, L. Play (Logic #6). Logic Foundation, pp. 191-202

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When we consider the social effects of computers in political and social life, we usually think in terms of expanded power and new possibilities. This perspective on computation permeates even our critical visions of technology. But we should also be attentive to the power that computers and the accompanying language of “systems” and “complexity” have to narrow our conception of the politically possible.

—p.197 by Logic Magazine 5 years, 4 months ago

When we consider the social effects of computers in political and social life, we usually think in terms of expanded power and new possibilities. This perspective on computation permeates even our critical visions of technology. But we should also be attentive to the power that computers and the accompanying language of “systems” and “complexity” have to narrow our conception of the politically possible.

—p.197 by Logic Magazine 5 years, 4 months ago