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It's just a metaphor. Complicated stuff is complicated. Dismissing policy work for its complicity is a oft used trope. > ...its a bunch of people pursuing the
by specialist 5y ago
It's just a metaphor.
Complicated stuff is complicated. Dismissing policy work for its complicity is a oft used trope.
> ...its a bunch of people pursuing their own interests.
What org is immune to proxy fights thru code, rules, budgets?
I've won a few internecine knife fights by shipping code first. (TBH, I lost most of these fights, by whatever means.)
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Dismissing policy work for its complicity is a oft used trope. Dismissing various forms of activism because “the law already handles that” is also a popular response, and the “law is code” meme reinforces it. As it does the misreading of laws that are superficially symmetric but don't apply in contexts of symmetric incentives, e.g., the DMCA safe harbors notice and counternotice provisions. > What org is immune to proxy fights thru code, rules, budgets? None. But machines running code are, hence one of the major problems of the “law is code” metaphor.
- specialist 5y agoOk. My intent remains to encourage participation in policy work. Suggestions?