Cancer, genomics and technological solutionism: A time to be wary

To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism", the philosopher of technology Evgeny Morozov develops the concept of "technological solutionism", the tendency to define problems primarily or purely based on whether or not a certain technology can address them. This is a concerning trend since it foreshadows a future where problems are no longer prioritized by their social or political importance but instead by how easily they would succumb under the blade of well-defined and easily available technological solutions. Morozov's solutionism is a more sophisticated version of the adage about everything looking like a nail when you have a hammer. But it's all too real in this age of accelerated technological development, when technology advances much faster than we can catch up with its implications. It's a problem that only threatens to grow. [More]