There's a technical term for the kind of criticism that inadvertently helps tech bros sell the swindle: "criti-hype," Lee Vinsel's term for "tak[ing] the sensational claims of boosters and entrepreneurs, flip[ping] them, and start talking about 'risks'":
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You're Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype
By Lee Vinsel
I'm reposting this essay I wrote in 2021 because the online blogging platform Medium has apparently changed its policies and people are having trouble accessing the original. Hopefully,...