Thanks for the nod, Udhay.
I've thought of a more succinct version:
"I don't know enough about that to have an opinion."
I don't think that having an opinion matters if it doesn't motivate us
to act. Armchair quarterbacks seldom change the score.
Here are some considered thoughts from someone who does have the
background to have an opinion on the mess at MIT (and elsewhere in tech):
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2019/09/15/facing-the-great-reckoning-head-on.html
--hmm
Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/15/19 5:07 AM September 15, 2019:
I saw this line from silklister Heather Madrone on another list, and it got
me thinking (shared with Heather's permission):
I have no opinion on Ito and MIT and the Media Lab. I'm not
interested in doing the work to develop a considered view of that
situation.
Setting aside the specifics of the Media Lab clusterfuck, this is a
remarkably concise way of conveying that
1) It takes *work* to build enough perspective to have an informed opinion
about something;
2) Having an informed opinion is a good thing; and
3) Not having an opinion is OK if one can't have an informed opinion.
Thoughts?
Udhay
