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> "Technology companies need to diversify their hiring practices to include more people from backgrounds in philosophy and psychology if they want to tackle the
by caseysoftware 8y ago
> "Technology companies need to diversify their hiring practices to include more people from backgrounds in philosophy and psychology if they want to tackle the problem of misinformation online, the head of one of the biggest internet charities has warned."
If it's misinformation, shouldn't intelligent people of any background be able to identify and flag it?
> "we are intentionally building the next generation of technologists who have not even the framework or the education or vocabulary to think about the relationship of Stem to society or humans or life."
Oh. Because it's not about truth or critical thinking but frameworks and vocabulary.
- pjc50 8y ago> If it's misinformation, shouldn't intelligent people of any background be able to identify and flag it? Evidently not. Smart people from all sorts of backgrounds can fall for all sorts of scams, especially the ones tailored to them.