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The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)Posted May 18, 2012 17:25 UTC (Fri) by josh (subscriber, #17465)In reply to: The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian) by gorpon Parent article: The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)
Among many other reasons: technical solutions can potentially *solve* a problem, whereas political action can only ever temporarily delay a problem, right up until the point where you stop fighting the insanity, at which point you lose. Most hackers, when presented with a repetitive and tedious task, would prefer to automate it. :)
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The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian) Posted May 19, 2012 10:52 UTC (Sat) by copsewood (subscriber, #199) [Link]
Technical solutions can only solve technical problems. They don't solve human problems. Politics is very slow and massively inefficient in comparison, but it can't be avoided for solving the latter kind of highly complex problem, often solved best when technical and political people have figured out how to communicate with each other, and not solved at all until they do.
The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian) Posted Jun 9, 2012 10:25 UTC (Sat) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]
You're missing a key point - current evidence seems to indicate, IMHO, that virtually all politicians are not interested in communicating with technical people (or economists, doctors, any other form of scientist, or any form of real expert for that matter). And haven't been for decades. The electoral success of the pirates, in those countries that _actually_ permit more than 2 parties to participate in the electoral process, might change this a little for us. Or it might not. Or the pirates might destroy themselves or be destroyed from the outside. Or more countries might pass enablement acts like the UK with its pirated LRRB. We'll see.
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