In an article published by Cigi (Centre for International Governance Innovation) on January 14, 2022, ethics in AI professor and researcher Elizabeth M. Renieris reminds us that “without a critical perspective, familiar harms will not only be replicated; they will be exacerbated.”
https://www.cigionline.org/articles/amid-the-hype-over-web3-informed-skepticism-is-critical/
“Learning from the past and applying those lessons requires a critical perspective. Without such perspective, proposed “solutions” can only be cosmetic, papering over root causes. Computational or technological attempts to “decentralize” power without addressing the social, political and economic enablers of concentrated power and wealth, such as decades of neo-liberal policies predicated on the illusion of individual choice and control, are bound to fail.”