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>There is almost no political engagement from the technology sector, as compared to others That's because the tech sector is busy actually doing useful stuff a
by Grishnakh 10y ago
>There is almost no political engagement from the technology sector, as compared to others
That's because the tech sector is busy actually doing useful stuff and inventing world-changing technologies. Pharma only does some of that (their pace of innovation is quite lackluster, and they spend more on marketing than on R&D, the real medical innovation is being done by other entities), finance is figuring out how to make money from a bad economy with hedge funds, telecoms are just exploiting their monopolies and screwing customers over, and entertainment is just rehashing old stuff with never-ending low-quality remakes, reboots, sequels, and prequels.
Instead of trying to use politics to make more money by screwing people over (which is how other industries mostly work), the tech sector makes money by creating new technologies. It's a fundamentally different mindset.
- phkamp 10y agoNo, that is not why. The reason why the tech sector does not engage in politics, is that people feel they are above politics and "don't want to get dirty". Further more, they're sure the laws doesn't matter on the Internet anyway, right ?
- throwanem 10y agoJohn Perry Barlow has a hell of a lot to answer for.