Tech VS Human Capital: Chinese and Western Approaches to COVID-19

Written by yisela | Published 2020/11/09
Tech Story Tags: covid-19 | coronavirus | technology | humanity | surveillance | privacy | democracy | tech-in-china | web-monetization

TLDR Countries around the world have taken different measures to slow down or stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. While China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Taiwan dove into AI-powered screening and tracking, western democracies took a more human-driven direction. While the first approach seems to have been proven more effective for identifying, isolating, and quarantining infected people, the second (in which people retain agency in the use of technology) might have been too slow to effectively contain the virus.via the TL;DR App

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Written by yisela | Anthropologist & User Experience Designer. Writer. Robot whisperer. Gamer.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/11/09