Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the tech bubble

Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by pdog on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:26AM (#15001773)

> To the extent you can blame anyone for ultra efficient hyper capitalism, blame programmers.

This is as ridiculous as blaming serfs for the feudal system. You're conflating a symptom with the root cause.

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by jventura on Sunday August 13, 2017 @04:11AM (#15002053)

I agree with you but I would say that programmers are not the problem but are the "technical" part of it..

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by threatofrain on Sunday August 13, 2017 @05:58AM (#15002298)

Without programmers, businesses still have the gamut of other control and efficiency professionals at their disposal -- mathematicians, statisticians, business psychologists, lawyers, accountants, and so on.

Workers have been squeezed for all time, with or without programmers.

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by ThomPete on Sunday August 13, 2017 @10:48AM (#15003089)

But bosted through the scaleability of technology and optimized by programmers.

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