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A korrentour reading

Technology cannot let people escape politics, because politics arises from the existence of people who disagree with each other.

Drawn from what Balaji Srinivasan said

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    Balaji Srinivasan 12 Jul 2026

    Unfortunately, no, because politics is about people who disagree with you. If you’re working with computers, or robots, or pure math, you don’t have politics.

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