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If you image this is a trivial problem to solve, I think your imagination is not very good. I'll quote the Bruce Schneier quote from the article. “There are al
by protonfish 12y ago
If you image this is a trivial problem to solve, I think your imagination is not very good.
I'll quote the Bruce Schneier quote from the article. “There are almost never technical solutions to social problems.”
- ghshephard 12y agoI don't know if the problem is trivial to solve, but designing a system which engages one element of the problem is trivial. The part that I was focusing on, was ensuring that any paper that claims to be Reviewed by a scientist actually was reviewed by that scientist.
- untilHellbanned 12y agoGreat quote. It gets me thinking about Facebook. FB is assuredly a massive technical solution to a social problem. I get Bruce's sentiment, but there are exceptions to this rule.
- adiM 12y agoAnd what social problem does FB solve?
- Otik 12y agoIt's pretty good for staying in touch with people who you wouldn't regularly contact on an individual basis.
- brc 12y agoYes, the social solution that Facebook presents is ideal for keeping in touch with a loose or geographically diverse set of real life friends. It is a technical solution to an admittedly simple social problem but a solution it is. Prior to Facebook I used to send graph emails, people would leave jobs, change email, etc etc. then came the cc replies, all out of order. A mess, solved well with Facebook, ad still really the only useful feature.
- brc 12y agoYes, the social solution that Facebook presents is ideal for keeping in touch with a loose or geographically diverse set of real life friends. It is a technical solution to an admittedly simple social problem but a solution it is. Prior to Facebook I used to send graph emails, people would leave jobs, change email, etc etc. then came the cc replies, all out of order. A mess, solved well with Facebook, ad still really the only useful feature.