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I think you're overestimating the importance of the internet in political discussions. Only a tiny minority of the population discuss politics or read political
by hugh3 16y ago
I think you're overestimating the importance of the internet in political discussions. Only a tiny minority of the population discuss politics or read political discussions on the internet, and most of these folks are the ones who are already hard set in their opinions.
The internet is changing politics in many ways, not all of them good, but I really don't think that getting less exposure to crazy opinions is one of them.
- DanielBMarkham 16y agoYou hvae a fair critique, mostly amounting to "Nothing to see here, please move along" And I'll grant you that we -- this community -- are the leaders in integrating technology into our lives. Most other folks are not as hooked up as we are (although that is quickly changing) But my point was about social systems, not just political ones. Sure, I used the example of Jim Crow laws and politics because it was so easy to understand, but the same argument can be made for any social system, from 3 people to 3 million. I'm not trying to make a political point. I'm trying to make a point about sociology. Take politics out. Change the subject to distributed systems versus hub-and-spoke systems. Same difference. Or the use of SQL-less databases. Or the best patterns for testing. Politics is just used as an example. It's really not the thrust of my comment. Politics is a nice metaphor for describing how groups of people operate. Everybody can agree that Jim Crow laws were bad. We're still fighting some of these other issues, and I didn't think it was useful to bring them up.