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It is wild to revisit some of the inspiration of the kind of weaponized cynicism that hopefully we're getting away from. This talk was funny for sure, but it st
by th0ma5 6y ago
It is wild to revisit some of the inspiration of the kind of weaponized cynicism that hopefully we're getting away from. This talk was funny for sure, but it started a large amount of "computers are awful, look at what this stupid thing did" which was very harmful. Not because it isn't true, but because understanding why and how these things happen, dealing with and educated people surrounding these things, and trying to make things better is the goal (perhaps misplaced) of many in the industry. It is incredibly easy to just shit on things.
Still a pretty funny talk for sure.
- cies 6y ago> educat[ing] people surrounding these things hmmm... i see more and more schools/unis teaching JS to beginners. it's beginning to be more of an elephant in the room than a poor kid that's bullies all the time. isn't calling this "weaponized cynicism" a way to silence dissent against the mainstream? JS clearly is mainstream now.
- th0ma5 6y agoI think proper disagreement and criticism can be had communicating directly. Framing it as knowing "how it really is" or appealing to a supposed common knowledge of a criticism is an unfair and disingenuous form of communication.