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Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters
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Then you update the maximum age because the younger people can be convinced something’s changed instead of emailing Tim Cook about being locked out of their Facebook. This is a non argument using the slippery slope fallacy in place of facts
I'm still just not understanding how being tech savvy relates at all to good stewardship of government?
And I say that as someone that works in tech. I find this notion baffling. I know how to code, I know databases, I know the cloud, I know a lot about networking, and I've used a variety of operating systems and I've built and maintained things in lots of different paradigms and in different types of industries, and not only for browsers. People usually look to me for their tech support. So what? I wouldn't want me to be running the government, as not one bit of that matters to running government.
Our leaders also know jack shit about a whole lot of engineering and technology specifics in a lot of other specific areas, not just computers, and regardless of their age. So what? When it comes to setting policy, they should be working with experts from the various specialties. If someone has to explain something like nuclear fusion to them like they are a fourth grader, that's how it has to be. I don't see how knowing anything about one vendor's specific product (such as Facebook) matters in the slightest.
I'd much rather have people with the wisdom to realize that while a lot of various specifics about tech might change, that an awful lot of things stay the same, especially when it comes to matters of human nature and morality....and that wisdom usually comes with age.
Lmao I find it hard to believe you work in tech based on your comments on ai. Now i see we’re just playing the pretend game where you can take one example and pretend it’s my whole point. Fucking good riddance homie I’m not trying to argue in bad faith with someone who clearly has no clue what they’re talking about