"late-stage capitalism" is also worthy of your twitter blocked words list
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These are both among the phrases most like to be included in the subtitles of books about technology written by academics at elite universities
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Tech company insiders have a *terrible* track record. We didn't get food safety from the farming industry, nor seat belts from the auto industry, nor clean air from polluters. "Insider" incentive is their payout, denying distortion that is denial all that we know about humans.
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@amcafee, those warning us did not originate from the "elite" academics. Gee. The Harvard/Stanford pipeline is integrated with the tech payout. Early warners were more marginal academics. It just moved up as it became more obvious so "elite" academia joined, as they do.2 replies 6 retweets 42 likes -
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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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I've been on both sides of this - scientist and science journalist, tech media (Economist, Wired) and tech CEO - and both sides sometimes don't understand the other That said, at least most science writers have degrees in science. I don't find that true of most tech reporters
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Right, but what degree do you think they should have? "Tech reporting" used to be gadget reviews or business news, but what we need more of is neither; it's the social/political impacts side but with understanding of the underlying tech. How many are in that intersection?
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Also look how much "science" journalism has gotten wrong in the pandemic, sometimes because they didn't understand the sociology of it (big chunks of the "mask" debate was very related to the mistaken views of the sociology of it all).
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There's a skill set that's not been defined or nurtured. We have people who used to do gadget reviews writing tech/society. Otoh, we have reporting that, for example, clearly has no idea how public key encryption or e2e works. Some work better than others but it's a mess.
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