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Until recently (~20 years) IT was generally libertarian on all fronts.
by brodouevencode 2mo ago
Until recently (~20 years) IT was generally libertarian on all fronts.
- OkayPhysicist 2mo agoI'd put the shift even later than that. 2015 maybe. I think 2008 redirected a lot of people who would have gone into "Business" in the abstract towards tech, eroding the prior engineering culture, and then it took a few years for that crowd to establish themselves as a relevant voice in the community. Looking back, the reaction to Aaron Shwartz's death in 2013 was, IMO, indicative of the older culture. It definitely felt like a minority viewpoint by the time Covid rolled around. So, somewhere in there.