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I'm really enjoying how "Imposter Syndrome" is actually justified in the tech industry as many influencer posts or posts by people riding on reputations from pa
by labrador 4y ago
I'm really enjoying how "Imposter Syndrome" is actually justified in the tech industry as many influencer posts or posts by people riding on reputations from past accomplishments are actually imposters and making fools of themselves. Conversely, some very insightful posts are being made by the quiet ones with few followers who aren't necessarily even in the tech industry.
I've been through sea changes before, when the old guard falls by the wayside and a new group rises to meet the new challenges. This is certainly one of those times.
- rideontime 4y agoI'm struggling to understand what point this comment is trying to make. I thought it was referring to Lanier as one of "the quiet ones with few followers," but then it claimed that the "old guard" is falling by the wayside, and Lanier's hardly new.
- labrador 4y agoI wasn't actually referring to Lanier because he's mostly been a lone voice in the woods, even as he's highly influential in some circles. I was actually referring to the noisy self-promoters currently polluting Hacker News with their AI posts, but now that you mention it, maybe Lanier fits that category of insightful people with few followers. How long has he been telling people to delete social media? How long have people been ignoring him? The world is finally coming around and I for one would be glad for him to become as famous as some of the noisy ones.
- unconed 4y agoFunny, I have mentally filed him as a designated person who is consulted by media to offer opinions on tech despite having no particular claim to familiarity with said tech.