Evgeny Morozov is a Belarus-born technology writer who has held positions at Stanford and Georgetown universities in the United States. His first book, "The Net Delusion," argued that "Western do-gooders may have missed how [the Internet] ... entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder — not easier — to promote democracy." The New York Times described it as "brilliant and courageous."
In his second book, "To Save Everything, Click Here," Morozov critiques what he calls "solutionism" — the idea that given the right code, algorithms and robots, technology can solve all of mankind's problems, effectively making life "frictionless" and problem-free.
Morozov argues that this drive to eradicate imperfection and make everything "efficient" shuts down other avenues of progress and leads ultimately to an algorithm-driven world where Silicon Valley, rather than elected governments, determines the shape of the future.
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