Do All Problems Have Technical Fixes?

Tech solutionism, as identified by Moss and Metcalf,7 is the notion that all problems have tractable technical fixes. We see variants in the naming and definition of this phenomenon: the technology imperative,8 or "the underlying technocratic philosophy of inevitability",4 or even old-fashioned technocracy itself. All versions designate a confident deployment of technology to solve a non-technical problem, with costs and other drawbacks reduced to secondary consideration. A certain Tech Leader promotes a new startup, Sunshine, thus: "… by applying AI … you can both solve valuable problems and you can give people back time. You can also build their confidence in AI."6