@mcc this is part of why as someone who is deep into software development and hacking and stuff I try very hard to also make it my business to care about actual real human needs and experiences, think hard about the implications of things, learn, and question my assumptions. The problem is, most programmers are STEMlords and actually doing those things is "dirty wishy washy unscientific humanities studies" and so they refuse to do it — making themselves dumb for all their book-smarts in the process.