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This. It took me 15 years to realize it, we can be fighting a losing battle, but we still get to choose the side we fight on. The systems will be written anywa

• pdimitar 8y ago
  As a prominent pessimist on this topic, lately I've seen several anecdotal evidence cases where this is actually not that true anymore. If enough high-level tech talent starts refusing to write such systems then trust me, govts and corps are slowed down and inconvenienced for real. 5 junior programmers can't write software as well as 1 senior. Sure those orgs might win in the end, but we can delay that "end" with years if not decades. And if they get frustrated by the delays, they'll make a mistake.
  • jstarfish 8y ago
    As a fellow pessimist, I'm not as convinced. The most horrific products of the Holocaust did not build themselves. Same with the Chinese and their current endeavors. Orgs will just continue importing talent from abroad to work around labor shortages. Governments can always publicly execute a few pain in the ass engineers to make the rest fall in line.
    • pdimitar 8y ago
      All of that is sadly true. And as citizens we have zero recourse. Not sure what the future holds for basic human rights and liberty.
• VvR-Ox 8y ago
  Isn't that the #1 argument arms and drug dealers use to defend their actions? When I live by this standard I don't have any reason to protect the environment and take care to not harm our future. In the end this logically leads to life without meaning and we could as well commit mass suicide.