RE: https://aoir.social/@sakhavi/116053009895910277

The answer to this quiz is that these words were written in 2000 by Paulina Borsook in her book * Cyberselfish: a critical romp through the terribly libertarian culture of high tech*. I personally can’t believe how stagnant and repetitive my industry’s vices have been, and how consequently relevant this critique STILL IS. The one thing that has faded that we absolutely need to revive is the term #techweenie.

🚨#TechWeenieAlert

“Keep your head down. Compartmentalize. Don’t make trouble.

That’s what many #TechWorkers are taking their #CEOs’ strategic silence to mean, amid an immigration crackdown across the US by the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Widespread #violence by federal agents has sparked #protests in Minneapolis and across the country. One month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, and two weeks after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, the majority of tech CEOs have remained tight-lipped.

Internally, workers from several companies describe a #culture of #silence and #fear — and trepidation over what kind of future they’re helping to build.”

#tech / #authoritarian / #oligarch / #TechWeenie <https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/876558/tech-workers-ice-resistance-google-microsoft-clear-abbott> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/OczFC>