Re:Tech suffers from lack of humanities, says Mozilla head
by mcphage on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:21AM
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> Let me make a claim: if the humanities are really a solution for problems created by STEM, all you should need to do is demonstrate the case. Technical and scientific crowds understand problems, and will jump on real solutions.
Technical and scientific crowds understand technical problems. But non-technical problems go completely unnoticed.
Or as one of the actors on the show Silicon Valley wrote:
> As a cast member on a show about tech, our job entails visiting tech companies/conferences etc. We meet ppl eager to show off new tech.
> And they're amazing, wonderful, necessary products, right?
> Often we'll see tech that is scary. I don't mean weapons etc. I mean altering video, tech that violates privacy, stuff w obv ethical issues.
> And we'll bring up our concerns to them.
> They don't even have a pat rehearsed answer. They are shocked at being asked. Which means nobody is asking those questions.
Technical and scientific crowds understand technical problems. But non-technical problems go completely unnoticed.
Or as one of the actors on the show Silicon Valley wrote:
> As a cast member on a show about tech, our job entails visiting tech companies/conferences etc. We meet ppl eager to show off new tech.
> And they're amazing, wonderful, necessary products, right?
> Often we'll see tech that is scary. I don't mean weapons etc. I mean altering video, tech that violates privacy, stuff w obv ethical issues.
> And we'll bring up our concerns to them.
> They don't even have a pat rehearsed answer. They are shocked at being asked. Which means nobody is asking those questions.