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As Morozov concludes in the final paragraph, the problem is not 'technology', but rather irresponsibly reductive approaches to issues: 
<blockquote>''“Technology is not the enemy; our enemy is the romantic and revolutionary problem solver who resides within."''</blockquote>
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= Regarding homelessness =
 
https://twitter.com/TNDC/status/748543735177240576?s=20
 
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== André Gide ==
 
''«&nbsp;Il n'y a pas de problèmes&nbsp;; il n'y a que des solutions. L'esprit de l'homme invente ensuite le problème. Il voit des problèmes partout.&nbsp;»''<br/> "There are no problems; there are only solutions. The mind of the man then invents the problem. He sees problems everywhere." - André Gide
 
== Jacques Rouxel. ==
 
''«&nbsp;S'il n'y a pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème.»&nbsp;''<br/> ("If there is no solution, there is no problem.")<br/> - Jacques Rouxel.
 
== Andres Duany ==
 
"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/> &nbsp;
 
= Nosolutionism&nbsp; =
 
"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&nbsp;final, total, permanent presumed solution is figured as diversionary, false, fatally compromising, pointless, etc."&nbsp; - @tmccormick&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/tmccormick/status/637036156228534272?s=20 Aug 27, 2015].&nbsp;
 
"I'm suggesting rejecting all but a single, presumed correct/fundamental solution, even if complex, is also type of [https://twitter.com/hashtag/solutionism?src=hashtag_click #solutionism].&nbsp;&nbsp;by [https://twitter.com/hashtag/nosolutionism?src=hashtag_click #nosolutionism] I'm not necessarily suggesting, the same as [https://twitter.com/hashtag/solutionism?src=hashtag_click #solutionism], but something that may be related or co-occur.<br/> <br/> <br/> &nbsp;
 
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*Paquet, Gilles. ''Pathologies de gouvernance: essais de technologie sociale.'' 2004.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;
*Scott, James C. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. 1998.<br/> &nbsp;
*Spross, Jeff. "[https://theweek.com/articles/623738/why-solving-homelessness-stupidly-easy Why solving homelessness is stupidly easy]." The Week, May 12, 2016.&nbsp;https://theweek.com/articles/623738/why-solving-homelessness-stupidly-easy.<br/> &nbsp;
*Winograd, Terry. "[http://www.bostonreview.net/books-ideas/whats-wrong-technological-fixes What's Wrong with Technological Fixes? Terry Winograd Interviews Evgeny Morozov]." Boston Review, July 01, 2013.&nbsp;<br/> [http://www.bostonreview.net/books-ideas/whats-wrong-technological-fixes http://www.bostonreview.net/books-ideas/whats-wrong-technological-fixes].<br/> <br/> &nbsp;
 
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