Goody (1986) made the point: New cognitive technologies tend to encourage social practices of criticism. These in turn constantly call into question the legitimacy of recognized sources of authority — moral, institutional, organizational, or consensual. On this view, the dense Net-Web infrastructure may be opening Pandora's box.
The goal of harnessing technology to the yoke of collective action might destroy the capacity of social groups to work within strategic frames of reference. *It is possible that forms of social solidarity become so transmogrified that they break down.*
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BOWKER, Geoffrey C., STAR, Susan Leigh, WILLIAM, Turner and LES, Gasser (eds.), 2014. Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work: Beyond the Great Divide. New York: Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-315-80584-9, p. xvii