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The aim is to investigate how technology's simplification of complex societal issues may alter moral and ethical behavior.

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This analysis explores technological interventions in societal issues, warning against oversimplifying complex moral dilemmas.

The aim is to investigate how technology's simplification of complex societal issues may alter moral and ethical behavior.
Analysis of the implications of smart technologies and big data in societal contexts.
Discussion of historical and contemporary examples of technological solutionism.
Examination of the moral consequences of reinterpreting political dilemmas as mere efficiency problems.
Highlights the potential dangers of treating complex issues like crime and pollution solely as data-driven problems.
Argues for the necessity of maintaining the imperfections of liberal democracy in the face of technological solutions.
Calls for a new post-Internet approach to debating the implications of digital interventions.

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