A Boring Dystopia

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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As a nerd, I don’t like the end of the article where she says we need to get revenge on the nerds.

I hear you, as many would I think. But realistically, I think calling tech culture into question, even beyond its manifestation in the psychotic tech CEO types, is worth while. It’s really had a dominant run both materially and culturally (a revenge as many would see it), and I think it’s worthwhile questioning the value of a lot of it, in a way I don’t think many nerds and tech people are capable of (sadly IMO).

There may be an inclination to separate the capitalism and nerdy parts. But as an industry/profession/whatever that generally tends to care a lot about itself in various ways … I think tech is disturbingly uninterested in caring about the quality of its profession beyond the bike shedding stuff let alone acting on it in any collective way. There are reasons for this, but given the dominance tech now has in the world, pushing back in the culture wholesale is justified I think.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the tech industry tends to do things without thinking of the consequences. For example, the resistance to making software engineering a certified engineering profession like mechanical or structural engineering.

But nerds predated the tech industry, and encompass a lot more than the tech industry.