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"The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature." Jennifer Lloyd @JEVLloyd, [https://twitter.com/JEVLloyd/status/394982721887281152?s=20 Oct 28, 2013]<br/> |
"The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature." Jennifer Lloyd @JEVLloyd, [https://twitter.com/JEVLloyd/status/394982721887281152?s=20 Oct 28, 2013]<br/> |
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= Paquet: seeing puzzles to solve, vs issues to address = |
== Paquet: seeing puzzles to solve, vs issues to address == |
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Political philosopher Gilles Paquet ( - 2019) coined the term 'solutionism.' |
Political philosopher Gilles Paquet ( - 2019) coined the term 'solutionism.' |
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= Dow Chemical ad campaign, 2012 = |
== Dow Chemical ad campaign, 2012 == |
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"Solutionism: the new optimism " |
"Solutionism: the new optimism " |
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[[File:Morozov-To-Save-Everything-Click-Here-2013-cover.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything Click Here, 2013]] |
[[File:Morozov-To-Save-Everything-Click-Here-2013-cover.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything Click Here, 2013]] |
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= Morozov: technological solutionalism = |
== Morozov: technological solutionalism == |
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Social critic and Silicon Valley gadfly Evgeny Morozov popularized the term 'solutionism' with his 2013 book ''To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. '' |
Social critic and Silicon Valley gadfly Evgeny Morozov popularized the term 'solutionism' with his 2013 book ''To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. '' |
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= In housing & homelessness = |
== In housing & homelessness == |
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= Related terms / quotes = |
== Related terms / quotes == |
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== André Gide == |
=== André Gide === |
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''« Il n'y a pas de problèmes ; il n'y a que des solutions. L'esprit de l'homme invente ensuite le problème. Il voit des problèmes partout. »''<br/> "There are no problems; there are only solutions. The mind of the man then invents the problem. He sees problems everywhere." - André Gide |
''« Il n'y a pas de problèmes ; il n'y a que des solutions. L'esprit de l'homme invente ensuite le problème. Il voit des problèmes partout. »''<br/> "There are no problems; there are only solutions. The mind of the man then invents the problem. He sees problems everywhere." - André Gide |
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== Jacques Rouxel |
=== Jacques Rouxel === |
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''« S'il n'y a pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème.» ''<br/> ("If there is no solution, there is no problem.")<br/> - Jacques Rouxel. |
''« S'il n'y a pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème.» ''<br/> ("If there is no solution, there is no problem.")<br/> - Jacques Rouxel. |
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== Andres Duany == |
=== Andres Duany === |
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"Any single solution is always what gets us in trouble."<br/> [https://twitter.com/andres_duany @andres_duany] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNU23?src=hashtag_click #CNU23]<br/> |
"Any single solution is always what gets us in trouble."<br/> [https://twitter.com/andres_duany @andres_duany] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNU23?src=hashtag_click #CNU23]<br/> |
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= Nosolutionism = |
== Nosolutionism == |
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"I've been forming idea there's a pattern, a sort of inverse [https://twitter.com/hashtag/solutionism?src=hashtag_click #solutionism], call it [https://twitter.com/hashtag/nosolutionism?src=hashtag_click #nosolutionism], in which anything but the final, total, permanent presumed solution is figured as diversionary, false, fatally compromising, pointless, etc." - @tmccormick [https://twitter.com/tmccormick/status/637036156228534272?s=20 Aug 27, 2015]. |
"I've been forming idea there's a pattern, a sort of inverse [https://twitter.com/hashtag/solutionism?src=hashtag_click #solutionism], call it [https://twitter.com/hashtag/nosolutionism?src=hashtag_click #nosolutionism], in which anything but the final, total, permanent presumed solution is figured as diversionary, false, fatally compromising, pointless, etc." - @tmccormick [https://twitter.com/tmccormick/status/637036156228534272?s=20 Aug 27, 2015]. |
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= See also: = |
== See also: == |
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*Wicked problem |
*Wicked problem |
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= References = |
== References == |
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*Kolakowski, Leszek. “In Praise of Inconsistency,” Dissent, 1964. <br/> |
*Kolakowski, Leszek. “In Praise of Inconsistency,” Dissent, 1964. <br/> |