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How did you discover this?
Also, not to nitpick, but would appreciate publicly accessible articles… from the abstracts I can only assume these are summaries made in the 90s of pre-90s shenanigans
EDIT: saw now the edits with 3-4, will look at when I have time (thanks!)
Quite an allegation... any reference to them sponsoring/encouraging stealing IP or am I misreading and you simply meant it's a government sponsored startup accelerator program?
"Curtis argues that computers have failed to liberate humanity, and instead have 'distorted and simplified our view of the world around us.'"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_o...
The common disdain to meetings is that in many meetings no one has a tangible impact while an engineer can create tangible value in their “regular” stated mission. If reading this makes you feel offended then don’t worry, it’s surely not your meetings… only those organized by functionaries whose sole contribution is organizing open ended meetings with no impact.
If that’s the overriding drive then perhaps they should not got to a non-profit and expect it to optimize for profit
So, just like an expert consultant?
What's the main difference between the two?
This sounds like an incredibly toxic work environment
What the reasonable alternative though? What's the happy medium?