catehstn’s avatarcatehstn’s Twitter Archive—№ 50,376

  1. What if... You weren't changing the world but building necessary infrastructure?
    1. …in reply to @catehstn
      Most tech companies are wiring up houses and buildings rather than inventing electricity. Is this important work? Yes. But there are limits.
      1. …in reply to @catehstn
        And yet we talk like each new thing is world changing invention and not a continuation or combination of what existed already.
        1. …in reply to @catehstn
          So we pay engineers obscene amounts and cluster them in a tiny (expensive) area and tell them how smart and how special they are.
          1. …in reply to @catehstn
            Then we wonder that (white) men operate like gatekeepers to under-indexed folk? And why the most mediocre are the most vicious gatekeepers?
            1. …in reply to @catehstn
              We are confused by logical effects of the narcissistic culture we created and tended to like it was a precious flower not a pernicious weed?
              1. …in reply to @catehstn
                At the root of this dysfunction is the belief that our work is more important and harder than it actually is.
                1. …in reply to @catehstn
                  The system is working as intended.