Comment by decayza
10 years ago
You beautifully illustrate Bertrand's point. Of course we can think geeks is better. We've got a ton of data to look at.
10 years ago
You beautifully illustrate Bertrand's point. Of course we can think geeks is better. We've got a ton of data to look at.
I would very much like to have this data :)
Its called the 20th century. Study it a bit.
I presume you mean that the tech stack of modern civilization was created by 'geeks' (although that's stretching the definition quite a bit)?
Ignoring all the politicians, businessmen and artists trivializes civilizations development quite a bit.
Also, science and technology is morally and politically impartial. Note that saying increased knowledge or productivity 'is good' is again a value statement.
Yeah, I think so too but that's just my position - but this is not a mathematical truth but a political position that requires constant backing up.
The point that this requires constant backing up in adiscussion (and that that's the way it should be) and not considering people with different values and priorities as 'being wrong' was the whole point of this thread.
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