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This thread is very defensive. Being angry at the hubris of zuckerberg and other tech bros is completely appropriate and justified. When rich nerds try to solv
by smhost 8y ago
This thread is very defensive.
Being angry at the hubris of zuckerberg and other tech bros is completely appropriate and justified. When rich nerds try to solve large complex problems from within the algorithmic confines of their solipsism, they inevitably run into the endless irregularities of the real world until the only option they have left is to destroy every irrelgularity with force or implode because they can't.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoReferring to any successful male technologist as "tech bros" is just condescending on the face of it and really weakens your argument. People (rightfully) don't go around referring to Sheryl Sandberg and Meg Whitman as "tech broads".
- smhost 8y agofrom what i read, facebook was literally a frat house until they brought in a grown up to clean up their graffiti and beer cans, so i think the term is appropriate here.
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- threatofrain 8y agoIs Mark Zuckerburg a rich nerd? Is that a good summary of him? Does that imply that if you've experienced nerds, then you can glean insight into Mark's head? If we understand nerds, can we understand Mark Zuckerburg? Or Bill Gates? I feel so dubious at this label which is meant to provide psychological insight into a person.