A starting point for discussion
The idea
Calls to resist systems that use algorithms through political action or sabotage—deliberately damaging or disrupting them—face a practical challenge: the author doubts such resistance could work across all areas where public decisions are made.
Place in the reasoning
AI assessment · Connected to reasoning
The author doubts whether political resistance or sabotage could operate across the full range of public decision-making.
Adapting to computer systems or resisting them can both carry risks
Identifies a practical limit on resistance, without concluding that resistance is impossible or that accommodation is preferable in every case.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
The author questions whether these systems could be stopped or taken apart across the many places where public decisions are made.
Why it matters
A resistance strategy may be difficult to use in many areas, even for people who share its aims.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: Full readable text of the author manuscript from an accessible mirror; not the publisher typeset version. The passage reports Morozov’s call to make the issue political and to sabotage systems by deliberately damaging or disrupting them, then questions whether this kind of resistance can work across all areas where public decisions are made. Addresses: The practical reach of resistance
Questions this connects to
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How strong is this claim?
AI assessment · not a probability or a final resolution
The author presents this as a reason for doubt, not a settled finding.