Ron Bronson: “Better Technology for Cruelty (Or Administrative Burden As a Service)”

I read Ron’s latest post yesterday morning, and haven’t stopped thinking about it. It’s a hard look at the once-lofty goals of “civic tech,” and how they’re meant to be squared against the events of the last year: Remaking government in the image of such a destructive lot, given their impact, would say a lot about your view of the world. Facebook on democracy. Uber on labor. Amazon on warehouse…