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This is one of the dumbest and most self-defeating ways engineers shoot down, and exclude themselves from, important discussions. Sometimes social problems act
by inimino 9y ago
This is one of the dumbest and most self-defeating ways engineers shoot down, and exclude themselves from, important discussions.
Sometimes social problems actually require society to talk about them rather than run off and build yet another product.
- jansho 9y agoMost people who say "We need to.." are also users who are very well aware of the problem, but may not be able to solve it themselves, or don't know what the solution looks like, or like a PG essay just inviting action. But by collectively trying to identify the nitty gritty details of the problem, hopefully that will prepare the spec for engineers and makers to build from. So yes, we need to listen! Edit: Just realised that previous reference to PG was a bit too casual so have adjusted