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Question, how do you guys avoid politics when looking for technology news and articles?
by jbirer 4y ago
Question, how do you guys avoid politics when looking for technology news and articles?
- kelseyfrog 4y agoEverything is politics. It's a matter of how much head-burying I'm up for at any given moment.
- yucky 4y agoEverything is politics. Often asserted, never proven.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoHappy to engage if you state the evidentiary bar that would change your mind.
- yucky 4y agoAre you familiar with Hitchens's razor?
- kelseyfrog 4y agoNo sorry. If I don't look it up then I can feel justified in dismissing it without evidence.
- yucky 4y agoYou made an assertion that everything is politics, without providing any evidence. Every time someone repeats that nonsense they get called out, refuse to back it up with any shred of evidence, and then have a cute response. Like clockwork.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoSimply state the evidentiary threshold that would change your mind and I'll be happy to provide it. I've been down this dialog tree so many times before. Also be happy to remind you to have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. :)
- yucky 4y agoYou haven't provided any evidence at all. So more than zero would be a start.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoPolitics is a critical lens with which to view the world. That's what I mean when I say everything is political. Politicization is a process. Do you wish for me to go back ad infinitum with you giving me topics, and I attempt to politicize each one? I'm guessing here that is a waste of your time and mine because we'll be arguing whether I'm sufficiently politicizing each topic to reach your standard. That's what I mean when I ask for your evidentiary standard.
- yucky 4y agoYou're just restating the same thing you already said, without providing any evidence. You're stating a belief, no different than "God is in everything" or "God is everywhere". It's an empty tautology, if everything is political, then the word is without meaning. So "God is everywhere" is also a lens with which to view the world. It's based on the same amount of evidence.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoYou can look at anything scientifically, therefore science has no meaning. At this point you're arguing just to argue.
- yucky 4y ago
- abudabi123 4y agoI side with Trump for his creation of the Space Force when the media made him the object of mockery. The U.S. politics behind space technology is frienemy nasty.
- dingosity 4y agoYou probably don't want to investigate the history of the space force then.
- boeingUH60 4y agoEverything is politics to only those who want it to be and love arguing to feel superior.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoRather than talking past each other, why don't you share what you think I'm saying and we can take it from there?
- nickv 4y agoTech is heavily heavily impacted by politics. If you work in a publicly traded company, you are super impacted by politics. Look at your compensation. If you work in anything that requires access to semiconductors, you are super impacted by politics. (Tell me TSMC shutting down will only impact "those who want politics to impact them".) If you work in a company that is trying to acquire other companies or engages in regulatory capture, politics impacts you. If you work in a company or technology that has the interest of government, it impacts you (ask blockchain companies, ask social companies, ask tech security companies, ask app stores). If you work in a company that depends on Section 230, GDPR, etc - politics is a huge impact on your job. If you are part of a group that is a target of campaigns to create division, you are impacted by politics. If you go and buy things at a grocery store, you're impacted by politics. If you want to acquire a competitor, politics impacts you. If you want to sell your goods to people in another country, politics impacts you. If you work at Boeing (based on your username), you are 100% impacted by politics. I'm going to throw it back at you, what isn't impacted by politics?
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- horsh1 4y agoRead HN, but filter out all things like bbc.com, wsj.com, nyt.com, cnn.com, bloomberg.com, apple.com, microsoft.com, twitter.com, reuters.com. If it is an msm or a software giant -- just filter it all out completely.