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It’s not relevant in the slightest to the horrible ethical void in software engineer (except as an example of the kind of petty fussiness that is more welcomed

• dredmorbius 8y ago
  If you realise that adding complexity -- software, hardware, networks, sensors, service contracts -- all serve to increase distance and indirection, you have a frame for seeing potential problems, such as those highlighted by the article. I'm not sure if the same frame offers particular ways out of those problems, or if it largely serves to say "don't go there". I'm still thinking on that. As for etymologies, I'm finding them fascinatiing for uncovering root meanings and similarities between concepts. I'm also impressed by how many terms related to information, truth, trust, etc., are profoundly physical in their origins. I don't know that this will prove useful. It's quite interesting, though, to me at least. https://www.etymonline.com/word/interest https://www.etymonline.com/word/interest