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>To go out in public and cry crocodile tears about my livelihood would be disingenuous Should we feel the same way about people in IT, programming and other co

>To go out in public and cry crocodile tears about my livelihood would be disingenuous Should we feel the same way about people in IT, programming and other computer related industries then they are laid off for economic reasons? I find it odd that there are many industries that produce far more damaging pollution, including the tech industries, which don't even produce the necessities for life like farming does, but nobody blinks any eye.

Mil0dV 4y ago
Should we condone IT people being laid off taking down websites, ddossing their ex-epmployers and random other loosely related sites/services just because they're pissed off?
- ratsmack 4y ago
  Yeah, it's okay when we do it because it affects us.
z9znz 4y ago
These are not the same at all, at least generally speaking. IT workers are usually not causing direct environmental impact on those around them. And if you assessed the percentage of environmental cost per individual, you would likely find that IT workers would be way, way below industrial farmers. There are certainly many industries that create significant pollution. But pragmatically, we care when it's a small few people creating a high concentration of said pollution. That is the case for Dutch farmers. The services of the farmers is appreciated. Their methods are not. They don't want to change their methods (or reduce their output) for any reason, environmental or otherwise. That is the problem. Other industries change (usually after throwing fits like the farmers are doing now).
sebazzz 4y ago
> Should we feel the same way about people in IT, programming and other computer related industries then they are laid off for economic reasons? No but we should feel the same way about IT people building tracking software for the advertising industry. That is a more apt analogy probably.

Mil0dV 4y ago

Should we condone IT people being laid off taking down websites, ddossing their ex-epmployers and random other loosely related sites/services just because they're pissed off?

ratsmack 4y ago
Yeah, it's okay when we do it because it affects us.

z9znz 4y ago

These are not the same at all, at least generally speaking. IT workers are usually not causing direct environmental impact on those around them. And if you assessed the percentage of environmental cost per individual, you would likely find that IT workers would be way, way below industrial farmers. There are certainly many industries that create significant pollution. But pragmatically, we care when it's a small few people creating a high concentration of said pollution. That is the case for Dutch farmers. The services of the farmers is appreciated. Their methods are not. They don't want to change their methods (or reduce their output) for any reason, environmental or otherwise. That is the problem. Other industries change (usually after throwing fits like the farmers are doing now).

sebazzz 4y ago

> Should we feel the same way about people in IT, programming and other computer related industries then they are laid off for economic reasons? No but we should feel the same way about IT people building tracking software for the advertising industry. That is a more apt analogy probably.