Tell that to taxi drivers, or hotel managers, or newspapers angry at Google's scraping and re-presentation of their data.
How does the tech industry disparage those people?
On HN, the disparagement tends to start with "Good, <sector> deserves to be disrupted" and continues with anecdotes and stereotypes.
Re:How Evil Is Tech?
by chickenfries on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:13PM
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I hear techies disparage the industries they're trying to disrupt all the time. There's a certain "schadenfreude" that some people have for the industries that tech disrupts. I don't have any evidence for you off-hand but this is so incredibly common in my start-up experience that I hope you'll understand that even if you don't think so, lots of people do.
Re:How Evil Is Tech?
by chickenfries on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:11PM
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> To me, disruption is about trying to find better and more efficient ways of doing things. Not disparaging or scapegoating the people already in that industry.
This seems completely disconnected with reality. Disrupting an industry has real effects on peoples lives.
I think "evil" is certainly moralizing but I think it's fair given that companies like Google have made things like "do no evil" their unofficial motto. I invite you to stop taking headlines personally and to instead focus on the content of the article rather than the tone.
To me, disruption is about trying to find better and more efficient ways of doing things. Not disparaging or scapegoating the people already in that industry.