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How many more decades does the "tech" industry get to continue using the "you can't regulate us because we're new and stuff, also innovation or something" line
by 908087 8y ago
How many more decades does the "tech" industry get to continue using the "you can't regulate us because we're new and stuff, also innovation or something" line for?
I've been working in this industry for nearly 30 years, and it wasn't even "new" when I got my start. I can't help but laugh at people who act as though it just popped up last year. Is this just a result of young kids trying to convince themselves and others that they got in on the ground floor of something that existed well before they were born?
- plainOldText 8y agoSoftware is unlike any industry we've had before. Software is now the craft of developing extensions of our minds, and it is evolving rapidly. It's easier to delegate responsibility and enforcement rights to some higher authority, but since software is so complex, a much more powerful and robust solution in the long run is to embrace personal responsibility and agency. Complex systems evolve faster without or limited centralized control. For example, the cryptocurrency space is already providing us with a playground where we can experiment with the next generation social systems. But like I've mentioned earlier, we're just beginning to scratch the surface and no one truly knows what will come next. But the beauty of it, is that we have the freedom to thinker, and figure out what works best.
- Apocryphon 8y agoSounds like an excuse to behave without accountability or responsibility.