Why do I like computing as a field of study and as an industry?
Why still, when the tech industry works so hard to find new reasons to be reviled - invading privacy; bending public sentiment against democratic institutions by monetizing disinformation campaigns; leveraging enormous financial instruments against laws, regulations, & social norms that have protected employees & preserved dignity; driving up profit for investors at the expense of environmental externalities borne by the powerless?
Ben Zanin
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2025-06-18 01:50:43 UTC
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