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I'm an engineer and software developer, and I push back against "tech execs" doing the same stuff that Oil and Finance execs do because I feel partially respons
by RodericDay 10y ago
I'm an engineer and software developer, and I push back against "tech execs" doing the same stuff that Oil and Finance execs do because I feel partially responsible for their clout.
I hate how Zuckerberg co-opts the optimism behind stuff like "free internet!" into bald-facedly cynical for-profit initatives like internet.org. I have nothing good to say about Thiel or Palantir.
The article captures how I feel fairly well, and I'm not an external agent pushing to retain control or whatever conspiracy you've cooked up down there in your last paragraph.
- fersc 10y agoHe's not theorizing conspiracies, imo he's simply explaining how business men are unqualified for their jobs. They don't make well informed decisions. Neither do politicians. STEM based tech company execs are going to change that.