I disagree. 1B+ device smartphone platforms and social/identity networks are much more than tools.
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...and to operate, they rely on infrastructure that some places in the U.S. still don't have.
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I'm not disagreeing we need to do much more infrastructural investment in transit, municipal broadband...
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Your argument here seems to be a straw man. Sure, phones are important. Lots of ppl have them. They're not infrastructure.
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@kimmaicutler ...all rely on electricity, roads, cell & data networks
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cell & data networks, electricity provided by highly regulated publicly-traded companies.
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Engineer's defn: shared parts of tech systems invisible to users. Political definition: easy job creation zones.
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I suspect a games-toys conflation here. You can do serious things or play games with either toys or "real" tools
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Infrastructure=orthogonal idea: how connected tool OR toy is to a backend shared system/how useless if disconnected
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My 2 old aeon posts on infrastructure aeon.co/magazine/socie and toys vs tools aeon.co/magazine/socie


