the problem with technology is that form and function separate, creating entropy and dissonance
https://chatgpt.com/c/6aa240c1-ddf4-83ea-9c11-a841a89cf77d
As a diagnosis of a recurring technological failure, your statement is strong. As a universal causal explanation, it is too broad. As a thermodynamic claim, it is not established.
The strongest part is the recognition that something can continue to work while becoming less intelligible, less accountable, or less connected to the human purpose that justified it.
The part I would change is the implication that separation necessarily causes that failure.
A more defensible formulation is:
Technology becomes dissonant when it separates function from the forms that made its operation, purpose, and consequences intelligible, without rebuilding those relationships.
To retain an informational version of “entropy”:
When technology separates perceived form from consequential function without adequate feedback, it can increase uncertainty and the work required to maintain coherence.
And the deepest distinction I draw from your statement is this:
Technology can free us from needing to perform every process ourselves. The danger begins when that freedom becomes an inability to understand, judge, or govern the processes acting through us.