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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by spacekitcat on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:43AM (#25324194)
I think there's a weird seam of irrational rage around the mere suggestion that tech isn't some utopian meritocracy.

I find it jarring.

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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by loopz on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:51AM (#25324252)
Yep. People mistake means for the ends.

Anybody may be susceptible to such ideology and short-circuited bias. However, technical people are often so focused on their details, we are probably even more vulnerable to this than most.

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