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>When we think of innovators of the technology space we largely think of blokes like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk No, we most certainly d
by MustardTiger 10y ago
>When we think of innovators of the technology space we largely think of blokes like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk
No, we most certainly do not. And of course one of the 3 spots is wasted on the myth of Lovelace, as usual. Don't bother picking someone who actually mattered.
- Lawtonfogle 10y agoIt depends on who 'we' is. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the history of computer does not. They probably give more than a fair share to Turing and von Neumann, but you are right they don't think of those 4. But if we are talking the general public, who might not know much about Turing beyond that a movie exists, if that. They would have no clue who von Neumann is. Zuckerberg, Gates, and Jobs would be far more likely to be who they think of as innovators of technology.
- forgetsusername 10y ago>like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk I wish the cult of personality would go away, and instead of credit going to an individual we could say, "innovators like Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Tesla/SpaceX".
- deepnet 10y agoI agree with opposing a cult of leaders getting credit, but replacing it with corporate credit ? There is a long unjust tradition of stealing deserved credit from engineers, employees & research assistants[1]. Sometimes individuals are solely resposible for important ideas and implementations, credit should be accorded accurately to teams and individuals. [1] Jocelyn Bell, discoverer of radio-pulsars, robbed of the Nobel by her research supervisor, stealing credit for it. Avoiding personalities should we merely say radio-pulsars were discovered at Jodrell Bank ? Seems less accurate, IMHO.