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Your tl;dr is alarmingly defeatist. If you're in tech and feeling angry all the time, the answer is not to try meds, the answer is to get politically involved a

by ergl 8y ago

Your tl;dr is alarmingly defeatist. If you're in tech and feeling angry all the time, the answer is not to try meds, the answer is to get politically involved and change the moral bankrupty of our industry. If you're US based, check your nearest TWC (https://techworkerscoalition.org/ https://techworkerscoalition.org/) chapter.

magduf 8y ago
There's not much you can do in US politics if you're a techie working in the tech industry. Face it, you're probably not a highly charismatic person who has a chance of winning any serious election beyond the local school board. The answer is to go someplace else where you don't feel angry all the time.
- ergl 8y ago
  In the last year employee pressure has forced Facebook to acknowledge their cafeteria staff right to unionize, stop Google from building military tech and a politically censored search engine, drop arbitration for sexual harassment cases, get BuzzFeed to pay for time off for all the employees that it laid off. It's true you might not get far if your only goal is to get into office. Meanwhile, there's plenty you can do at a local level. Going somewhere else is only delaying the problem.
  - magduf 8y ago
    >Meanwhile, there's plenty you can do at a local level. Going somewhere else is only delaying the problem. Working at the local level isn't going to get you significant change very quickly at higher levels. Basically, you won't enjoy the fruits of your labor, but maybe your kids or grandkids will, if they stick around. Going somewhere else will get you into a situation you like better right away, and is only "delaying the problem" for the people who stick around, who you're leaving behind to deal with it. >In the last year employee pressure has forced Facebook to acknowledge their cafeteria staff right to unionize Facebook remains a real problem for society, but their cafeteria stuff can unionize... I don't see how this really helps anyone except the cafeteria staff, and certainly doesn't help the billions of people whose privacy is threatened by Facebook.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago
  The majority of social change in history has been fueled by influential writers and thinkers, and also scientists. Political movements have all sort of needs: people can contribute by writing software or running it, or cooking food for others, or setting up a wifi repeater, doing translations, organizing an event, mopping the floor.

by ergl 8y ago

magduf 8y ago

There's not much you can do in US politics if you're a techie working in the tech industry. Face it, you're probably not a highly charismatic person who has a chance of winning any serious election beyond the local school board. The answer is to go someplace else where you don't feel angry all the time.

ergl 8y ago
In the last year employee pressure has forced Facebook to acknowledge their cafeteria staff right to unionize, stop Google from building military tech and a politically censored search engine, drop arbitration for sexual harassment cases, get BuzzFeed to pay for time off for all the employees that it laid off. It's true you might not get far if your only goal is to get into office. Meanwhile, there's plenty you can do at a local level. Going somewhere else is only delaying the problem.
- magduf 8y ago
  >Meanwhile, there's plenty you can do at a local level. Going somewhere else is only delaying the problem. Working at the local level isn't going to get you significant change very quickly at higher levels. Basically, you won't enjoy the fruits of your labor, but maybe your kids or grandkids will, if they stick around. Going somewhere else will get you into a situation you like better right away, and is only "delaying the problem" for the people who stick around, who you're leaving behind to deal with it. >In the last year employee pressure has forced Facebook to acknowledge their cafeteria staff right to unionize Facebook remains a real problem for society, but their cafeteria stuff can unionize... I don't see how this really helps anyone except the cafeteria staff, and certainly doesn't help the billions of people whose privacy is threatened by Facebook.
eeZah7Ux 8y ago
The majority of social change in history has been fueled by influential writers and thinkers, and also scientists. Political movements have all sort of needs: people can contribute by writing software or running it, or cooking food for others, or setting up a wifi repeater, doing translations, organizing an event, mopping the floor.