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As a programmer, I've noticed that while the media is often wrong about technical details, they are also often ahead of me in terms of the social impacts of tec
by jacobsenscott 7y ago
As a programmer, I've noticed that while the media is often wrong about technical details, they are also often ahead of me in terms of the social impacts of technology. I thought since they didn't know how FB and Twitter work under the hood they would also be wrong about the social devastation it would cause. Turns out I know more computers. They know more about people.
- dymk 7y agothose platforms were vehicles for the media to spread misinformation and fear - yet you blame the platforms more than you blame the authors for the devistation?