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The tech industry idolizes and encourages terrible behavior, and it ends up being self-reinforcing. Efforts to counteract that get pushback. How many people w
by kentm 8y ago
The tech industry idolizes and encourages terrible behavior, and it ends up being self-reinforcing. Efforts to counteract that get pushback. How many people will get upset if you suggest that Steve Jobs was not a good person and probably shouldn't be idolized? Or that Linus's email habits are not a good thing to emulate?
We will tell ourselves fun stories about how people being jerks just means they are no bullshit people who care about getting things done.
- tsumnia 8y agoI don't entirely agree with respect to my original post and that your use of Jobs and Torvalds don't correctly align to my post. I don't think the majority of people idolize stuff that makes everyone gag or grimace in disgust. A small subset of internet trolls idolize and encourage this behavior. Tech is only associated because it also shares the loner basement dweller stereotype. There are entire organizations designed to counteract underage pornography and sex trafficking, everyone agrees this is a terrible thing. However, it still persists despite opposition and tech is heavily involved in the process. This gets back to my point that to be in tech requires an unavoidable knowledge of the cruelty of man. Someone's email habits pales in comparison.
- kentm 8y agoYeah I misread your post, sorry about that.