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Just dropping "tech" into a political conversation is silly hand waving.
But he didn't. He suggested that the use of tech is going to increase for policy decisions, which has been and will continue to do so for the forseeable. He wasn't championing the idea or even really suggesting it could solve social problems.
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Making the post pointless at best.
Social problems are, by definition, people problems. Solutions have to start with people and their needs and behaviours. How technology might help shouldn't be the starting point. Just dropping "tech" into a political conversation is silly hand waving.
The use of algorithms to distance people from the consequences of their actions is a significant problem right now. Which makes thoughtless invocation of tech for social problems truly deserving of a really big fucking kicking.