A take I wish were true: 'The real, productive core of tech aren't down with the SJW party line.' ..
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Institutions keep boats afloat, they don't build new boats. The incentives tell "the productive ones" to go build new things.
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I grapple with this, and think it depends upon the timeframe. Short-run, institutions don't have a problem steering incentives..
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.. In the long run, given enough local failures, this process iterates toward incentives dominating.
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I won't give you the full innovator's dilemma accelerationist analysis, but institutions can afford handicaps, and especially in tech,
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Winning is about inertia and about blocking the box. Getting somewhere else means changing what tech means or changing what institution is.
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tech is more diverse and open than it seems. the Maoist authoritarians are simply the loudest and most vindictive, so others are quieter.pic.twitter.com/8b0PKbCEmP
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many people also fake adherence to the current dominant ideology in some circles, or at least attempt to be very conciliatory toward it.
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these people change whenever perceived dominance changes. but this takes a long time-- entrenched control of media+academic institutions.
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Yes. Institutions & incentives steer all but the most zealous. Unfortunately leftism currently the most potent meme for pwning institutions.
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that is the result of deliberate internal organization by a tight core of adherents, a good PR campaign, and attempts at mass appeal.
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You're not wrong. But but what's been the root of this motivational incongruity between right & left? Leftism is just a better rallying cry.
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The right pretty much never retaliates and never seizes the initiative, so why the hell wouldn't it be getting its ass kicked?
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The right has a bias toward social stability. It tries to preserve order. It tends to be more reactive than proactive.
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