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The illusion of control and the ability to make a difference. It's why tech-minded people are notorious for trying to find clean technical solutions for messy s
by LiquidSky 6y ago
The illusion of control and the ability to make a difference. It's why tech-minded people are notorious for trying to find clean technical solutions for messy social/political problems. It's comforting to feel you can reduce a vast societal problem to something you can tinker with in your living room and solve, and doing so also gives you a feeling of power and control.
- skim_milk 6y agoYes, I agree we should collectively work on real solutions to real problems. Clearly you understand that we need to encourage more tech workers to think deeper about it. Why not do this more positively? Being negative about how this forum can work hard to improve social tech is unproductive.
- ineedasername 6y agoRecognizing the state of the current status quo isn't being negative. Understanding it and stating it with direct bluntness can be a good foundation for actually doing something about it. It seems like you're saying that a person shouldn't point our a problem without having a solution. That's incorrect. Properly identifying and staking out the boundaries of a problem is an invaluable service. That ability can exist independently of the understanding or insight necessary to fix the problem. That can be done by those people with the aptitude to do so.