ABSTRACT
There is a sense today that people are witnessing a rapid evolutionary process of technological acceleration and integration. Such ideas imagine the future as a computational project whereby seemingly intractable problems such as resource depletion and global poverty are rendered as technical issues to be "disrupted" through Silicon Valley business ingenuity and data platforms. The allure of solutionism is that it promises collective transcendence through utopian appeals to market efficiency and technical mastery beyond politics and ideology. Although education is not a primary focus for Evgeny Morozov, it is indeed central to solutionist ideology. Alongside technology, education is now widely framed as an instrument for addressing almost every conceivable global problem, from joblessness to urban redevelopment. Cisco's call for a generation of global problem solvers centers education as a means of economic solutionism. It aligns the purpose of learning to economic imperatives of human capital formation, with technology positioned as a key driver.
