[Inpycon] [OT] Technology solutionism (Was Re: PyCon Pune)

[Anuvrat Parashar]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
wrote:

> On , Anand Chitipothu wrote:
> [..]
>
>> There was a blessing people used to say at my previous work place.
>> "May all your problems be technical."
>>
>
> Bless you. :)
>
+1

Technology primarily scales things up, problems and solutions likewise ;).


>
> Lot of problems, including this one, doesn't belong to that category
>> and can't be solving by throwing a new piece of technology.
>>
>
> I'm sure the person who suggested the slack channel meant well.
> Synchronous communication has some benefits that emails don't. Similar to
> what Shakti and Gora were suggesting with the hangouts.
>
> There was a book written on this kind of solutionism a while ago.
> https://www.amazon.com/Save-Everything-Click-Here-Technologi
> cal/dp/1610393708
>
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