Hasnain says:

This was an interesting read on the whole mess that started after the NYT piece was published the other day. I haven’t been following things closely (and I had read some SSC here and there but not regularly) - the perspective here was quite useful to understand what’s going on.

“This demand for unalloyed positivity is exacerbated by a reactionary grievance culture in some corners of the tech industry that interprets critique as persecution, in part because of a widespread belief that good intentions exculpate bad behavior. Why be critical of people who are just trying to change the world? (Through their casual gaming app that allows people to group digital candy in sets of three, or their gig economy platform that has the effect of driving wages well below standard minimums, or their social network that may be responsible for an active decision to algorithmically distribute disinformation because that’s what the customer apparently wants?) Why be so negative all the time? Why be negative at all?”

Posted on 2021-02-15T03:13:58+0000