Sign of tech illiteracy: hollywood "nerd" characters who can apparently do everything from crack passwords to sequence DNA to reprogram AIs
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Replying to @vgr
I used to think they just wanted to bundle necessary tech-context plot points of stories in one cover-all character, but this is not true
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Replying to @vgr
Most non-techies literally have NO idea of how various tech specialities/skills/roles fit together to make complex things happen
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Replying to @PeterKretzman
absolutely
@PeterKretzman.@vgr, ask a techie to build a toaster from first principles or even 'a bag of crisps'.2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
Replying to @swardley
@swardley @PeterKretzman It's about calibration. Knowing that building a toaster from scratch is *actually* hard.
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