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Programmers are the 21st century's clergy. Only we can read and speak to the great digital gods in the clouds and our institutions (though rarely we ourselves)
by hyperion2010 11y ago
Programmers are the 21st century's clergy. Only we can read and speak to the great digital gods in the clouds and our institutions (though rarely we ourselves) derive great power from their position between the layman and the benevolent providers of addictive flash games and digital watches. Hopefully it won't take ten centuries this time.
edit: please bring on the downvotes without replies, or did being compared to celibate white males hit too close to home?
- stvswn 11y agoPeople aren't taking offense to the comparison to clergy, they're amazed at the hubris.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoI interpreted the statement, with "addictive flash games and digital watches", as actually being opposed to the aforementioned programming clergy. Perhaps they're serious.
- hyperion2010 11y agoYes, in case it was not clear, this was intended as a cautionary statement about the impact of having literate and illiterate classes where the literate class constructs a world that keeps the illiterate oppressed by limiting and sanctioning their access to power (and tools).