How Evil Is Tech?
Using the word “tech” to describe the business practices of unregulated monopolies is really starting to grind on me.<p>It’s not necessarily journalists’ fault; that’s the term these companies have used to market themselves for years.<p>We (the engineering classes &#x2F; actual <i>technologists</i>) need to do more to brighten the line between the <i>technology</i> and the <i>motivations and incentives</i> of the people putting up the capital (and the executives&#x2F;lawyers&#x2F;lobbyists they control).<p>And, possibly, to recognize our latent power to influence certain decisions.