On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:39:52PM +1100, Zig the N.g wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 08:27:00AM -0800, Razer wrote: > ... > > I’ve come to the view this as part of the project of the book itself: to > > leave us unsettled by how its narrator, like all of us, remains somewhat > > in the Valley’s mindset, if not its pocket. This entanglement is a > > feature of the system that works, as she notes, precisely as designed. > > In the end, for all the generosity she extends to those around her, > > Wiener is unsparing with herself: “Certain unflattering truths: I had > > felt unassailable behind the walls of power. Society was shifting, and I > > felt safer inside the empire, inside the machine. It was preferable to > > be on the side that did the watching than the side being watched.” > > Wiener has written an indispensable chronicle of this era in tech, the > > consequences of which we will all reckon with as the next decade > > unfolds. Still, given the Valley’s unmatched ability to avoid any sense > > of guilt as the world around it burns, there is no doubt in my mind that > > while Uncanny Valley will be read widely and voraciously throughout the > > empire, Wiener’s readers—techno-skeptics and technologists alike—will be > > able to recognize themselves without feeling indicted. > > > > But surely someone, somewhere, eventually, will need to feel indicted. > > At some point, we’re going to need the sharp end of the knife." > > https://thebaffler.com/latest/certain-unflattering-truths-schaffer > > > Great book review! Thanks to teh resident neo-Marxist for posting :) > > If only there were a double edged edify/diss ...
OK, so that was a totally unnecessary low blow. I retract this slightly mean triviality, it serves no-one and nothing.
