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The article title seems a bit unfair, especially given how well trump has played in social media and the ever changing "news feed." Just because people are pri

by sheraz 10y ago

The article title seems a bit unfair, especially given how well trump has played in social media and the ever changing "news feed." Just because people are printing news articles does not make them a Luddite. I imagine many broadcasters still work this way. Lastly, it is not trumps or hillarys personal responsibility to understand email, networks, or even the governance of it all. It is their duty to fill their cabinet with the right people who can translate translate all the complexity into actionable choices and provide guidance. Same with CEOs

jonknee 10y ago
> The article title seems a bit unfair, especially given how well trump has played in social media and the ever changing "news feed." It accurately describes someone who has never had a computer on their desk and interacts mostly through paper (he's well known for hand written notes). He sometimes tweets by himself, but that's about it and I am sure his advisors wished he didn't ever tweet on his own. TV seems to be where he focuses, both watching it and trying to be on it.
danso 10y ago
To be fair, the problem goes beyond just wanting to print a web article: > Clinton, now 68, also emailed a department staffer to ask what time the CBS drama “The Good Wife” aired and later to request a paper copy of a website news item. “Pls print for me and deliver to me,” Clinton wrote in the winter of 2013, attaching a web address. “This links to the front page of the Washington Post,” the employee responded. “Is there a particular article that you are looking for?” Assuming Secretary Clinton wasn't trying to solely keep her email private, the kind of unfamilarity she has with the very fundamentals of information technology is the kind of unfamiliarity that leads to flawed usage of technology, such as her now-controversial email server. When you need so many middlemen to get you information that you could far more asily access and explore yourself, you increase the chance of incompetency and inefficency hindering the information flow.
- sheraz 10y ago
  Disagree here. This is what the right hand man/woman is for. My guess is that there is a real cultural problem not only in the Democratic Party but also with hillarys organization(s). Dissent and speaking truth to power is squelched which creates hubris and bad decisions. Certainly there were people who told Hillary it was a bad idea to put an email server in a basement. Were they heard? Did they even speak up?
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  Cluelessness might cause you to pick a bad password, or use Yahoo for official mail. It won't cause you to set up your own private email server "by accident".

by sheraz 10y ago

jonknee 10y ago

> The article title seems a bit unfair, especially given how well trump has played in social media and the ever changing "news feed." It accurately describes someone who has never had a computer on their desk and interacts mostly through paper (he's well known for hand written notes). He sometimes tweets by himself, but that's about it and I am sure his advisors wished he didn't ever tweet on his own. TV seems to be where he focuses, both watching it and trying to be on it.

danso 10y ago

To be fair, the problem goes beyond just wanting to print a web article: > Clinton, now 68, also emailed a department staffer to ask what time the CBS drama “The Good Wife” aired and later to request a paper copy of a website news item. “Pls print for me and deliver to me,” Clinton wrote in the winter of 2013, attaching a web address. “This links to the front page of the Washington Post,” the employee responded. “Is there a particular article that you are looking for?” Assuming Secretary Clinton wasn't trying to solely keep her email private, the kind of unfamilarity she has with the very fundamentals of information technology is the kind of unfamiliarity that leads to flawed usage of technology, such as her now-controversial email server. When you need so many middlemen to get you information that you could far more asily access and explore yourself, you increase the chance of incompetency and inefficency hindering the information flow.

sheraz 10y ago
Disagree here. This is what the right hand man/woman is for. My guess is that there is a real cultural problem not only in the Democratic Party but also with hillarys organization(s). Dissent and speaking truth to power is squelched which creates hubris and bad decisions. Certainly there were people who told Hillary it was a bad idea to put an email server in a basement. Were they heard? Did they even speak up?
Turing_Machine 10y ago
Cluelessness might cause you to pick a bad password, or use Yahoo for official mail. It won't cause you to set up your own private email server "by accident".