* This makes engineers reluctant, but necessary, brokers of public discourse. "Turner: I don’t envy engineers or executives at tech firms. They’ve been put in

* This makes engineers reluctant, but necessary, brokers of public discourse. "Turner: I don’t envy engineers or executives at tech firms. They’ve been put in the position of being legislators for our public debates. America’s architecture for such debates — Congress, the courts, the executive branch, and to some degree, the press — was built in the 18th century. But the conditions of public discourse have changed, and the speed at which those conditions are changing has accelerated too." I don't think our craft has quite figured what to do about this.