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> Trump rejects the framework of communicating in correct facts, relying on emotional platitudes instead. Yes, he uses words that people understands. No non-te

> Trump rejects the framework of communicating in correct facts, relying on emotional platitudes instead. Yes, he uses words that people understands. No non-tech, non-finance person would know what alphabet is. Regular americans do not know that Google, Inc (a publicly traded company) decided to change its name to Alphabet Inc (still traded under GOOG though, because apparently this snafu is good enough for the NYSE) and create a new subsidiary named Google, and another called Google Life Sciences which is now known as Verily. Most Americans would simply say 'Google'. There is nothing wrong with a POTUS using words that literally everyone understands. If you understand this, you will understand why Trump won.

mindslight 7y ago
I was addressing the general pattern of why "these same people would literally be upset". In service of converging on the nuanced truth, I do agree that the specific of conflating Google and associated entities isn't a particularly big deal. The suspect bit here is the claim of "1700 people working on it", which doesn't add up no matter how you try to slice it. It obviously doesn't take that many people to make a website. It doesn't even take that many people to scale a website, given the modern options available. I think the most plausible explanation is trying to claim entire departments responsible for the infrastructure that will be used, but they're still not "working" on it. Regardless of how the figure could possibly be justified, it doesn't have any purpose in the speech besides conveying a feeling of big/strong/powerful - ie an emotional platitude. I do understand why Trump won. I personally have been quite tolerant of Trump, chalking most of the outrage up to differences in taste, and trying to explain this to others. That is, tolerant up until now when we're three weeks behind with our society's coronavirus response, and he's still spouting ineffectual bullshit.
agildehaus 7y ago
"People are stupid" is the reason Trump won?
- tathougies 7y ago
  No, people don't talk in technicalities and prefer plain language. This is the problem most engineers have in talking with people.

mindslight 7y ago

I was addressing the general pattern of why "these same people would literally be upset". In service of converging on the nuanced truth, I do agree that the specific of conflating Google and associated entities isn't a particularly big deal. The suspect bit here is the claim of "1700 people working on it", which doesn't add up no matter how you try to slice it. It obviously doesn't take that many people to make a website. It doesn't even take that many people to scale a website, given the modern options available. I think the most plausible explanation is trying to claim entire departments responsible for the infrastructure that will be used, but they're still not "working" on it. Regardless of how the figure could possibly be justified, it doesn't have any purpose in the speech besides conveying a feeling of big/strong/powerful - ie an emotional platitude. I do understand why Trump won. I personally have been quite tolerant of Trump, chalking most of the outrage up to differences in taste, and trying to explain this to others. That is, tolerant up until now when we're three weeks behind with our society's coronavirus response, and he's still spouting ineffectual bullshit.

agildehaus 7y ago

"People are stupid" is the reason Trump won?

tathougies 7y ago
No, people don't talk in technicalities and prefer plain language. This is the problem most engineers have in talking with people.