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Rebecca Shaw: I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down. But I didn't expect them to be such losers. (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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They are desperate to be cool, it's so cringe.

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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter if they're nerds or not. What matters is where society is swaying to.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Ya but in discussion of the article, I don’t think it’s about the direction of society. It’s an article about people the author doesn’t like. How they classify them. And an empty call to action at the end to get revenge on nerds of which the author probably would be considered one. It’s a bad article

    Purpose of the article, why does it exist and why does it have so many upvotes? Does the article help or harm the direction of society? Is it just an eloquent version of an Instagram comment dunking on people? What communication should be signal boosted that would be effective in driving action towards swaying society in a better direction

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    I think many people wouldn't like to live under a "Nerd Reich", so it's only natural that there is a mainstream article against that. I'm assuming people who don't understand anything about the technology that keeps their attention most of the time are concerned about the possibility. Society losing grip over itself, that is, language (social skills) not being the primary characteristic of the successful anymore. That is a blow conventional people won't take easily.

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