"late-stage capitalism" is also worthy of your twitter blocked words list
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While acknowledging there's reporting/writing that gets details wrong and could be better, I find the current tech industry obsession with "they don't understand" to be a defensive denial. It's a deflective shield not an answer; it's like Trump yelling "fake news" at journalists.
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And really amused at the idea that the criticism is from "elite academia". I was there a decade ago with my fellow very very very non-elite academics shouting into the wind where people at MIT and Harvard (your schools, Andrew) dismissed all of us—and many went to work for tech.
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This is an important point. The money pipeline really matters. Techcos & elite academia have convenient, shared "truths" that help both rake in bucks. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
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Among these "truths" are: . Unlimited outsourcing is good . The gigconomy is good . Govt regulation is always bad . Antitrust enforcement is bad . Founders are heroic Supermen . Work is the most important thing . Surveillance is "worth it" for users . Tech is always good
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