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Photos of people staring at computer screens are not particularly inspiring on their own.
by webwielder2 2y ago
Photos of people staring at computer screens are not particularly inspiring on their own.
- falcor84 2y agoBut what's the value of "inspiring" people to take up a career by lying to them about what it entails? At best, they end up wasting years of their lives before switching careers. At worst, you get what we did to cops, by making them believe that police work is all about shooting the "bad guys", so now it is. The new Fallout show has a funny dystopian take on what a society controlled by scientists would look like. It's obviously exaggerated for comedic effect, but I absolutely wouldn't want us to move the needle even a bit closer to that.
- Retric 2y agoThere’s no lie, if you want to be in the field as a scientist that is an option just not a well paying one. We don’t focus on how much time programmers spend in meetings, because that’s not what defines the job. Also, talking sci-fi as a meaningful reflection on how things would work is kind of silly. It’s not some academic projection of likely outcomes just whatever random nonsense makes for a good story/game.