[JustAnotherFan]

Information technology is neutral - no matter what a society wants to do, it will do it faster and more effectively the more information it has at its disposal. If it wants to determine which of its citizens is exposed to a dangerous virus, it will do that better. If it wants to determine which of its citizens may have distant Jewish or African ancestry, it can do that as well. It's not the technology that makes a society racist. It's the social values.

1. Your argument seems to suggest that you think the government is more interested in using technology to stop the pandemic than it is in controlling (policing) Black and brown and poor communities. I disagree.

2. Information technology is not neutral. It can have bias built into it. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392...on-mistake

I say let's give everyone masks and stop inviting strangers to congregate indoors.

[JustAnotherFan]

Information technology is neutral - no matter what a society wants to do, it will do it faster and more effectively the more information it has at its disposal. If it wants to determine which of its citizens is exposed to a dangerous virus, it will do that better. If it wants to determine which of its citizens may have distant Jewish or African ancestry, it can do that as well. It's not the technology that makes a society racist. It's the social values.

1. Your argument seems to suggest that you think the government is more interested in using technology to stop the pandemic than it is in controlling (policing) Black and brown and poor communities. I disagree.

2. Information technology is not neutral. It can have bias built into it. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392...on-mistake

I say let's give everyone masks and stop inviting strangers to congregate indoors.