Re:Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth
by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:46PM
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Referring to any successful male technologist as "tech bros" is just condescending on the face of it and really weakens your argument.
People (rightfully) don't go around referring to Sheryl Sandberg and Meg Whitman as "tech broads".
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth
by smhost on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:52PM
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from what i read, facebook was literally a frat house until they brought in a grown up to clean up their graffiti and beer cans, so i think the term is appropriate here.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth
by threatofrain on Monday August 13, 2018 @04:43PM
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Is Mark Zuckerburg a rich nerd? Is that a good summary of him? Does that imply that if you've experienced nerds, then you can glean insight into Mark's head? If we understand nerds, can we understand Mark Zuckerburg? Or Bill Gates?
I feel so dubious at this label which is meant to provide psychological insight into a person.
Being angry at the hubris of zuckerberg and other tech bros is completely appropriate and justified. When rich nerds try to solve large complex problems from within the algorithmic confines of their solipsism, they inevitably run into the endless irregularities of the real world until the only option they have left is to destroy every irrelgularity with force or implode because they can't.