I understand that a pathological narcissist is installed in the U.S. presidency; I understand that this demented individual feels entitled to destroy thousands of jobs in an effort to have his name glorified at an airport and a train station.
But what I don't understand is how all these officials, ostensibly public servants, along with the entire Republican Party, justify, in their own minds, enabling the madness.
"For years, the political establishment has sanitized the motivations of the 'forgotten voter' by labeling their fervor as 'economic anxiety.' However, the reality is often closer to a cultural addiction. Many voters were willing to overlook blatant corruption, misogyny, and even alleged involvement in sex trafficking rings as long as they were promised a return to a specific hierarchy of dominance."
This is from my home state senator Mark Warner (D-Va), one of the few lawmakers in Congress who's demonstrated a keen understanding of cybersecurity issues. Warner was responding to POTUS' firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh, the commander of the US Cyber Command/NSA director at the behest of a far-right conspiracy theorist.
"“General Haugh has served our country in uniform, with honor and distinction, for more than 30 years. At a time when the United States is facing unprecedented cyber threats, as the Salt Typhoon cyberattack from China has so clearly underscored, how does firing him make Americans any safer?"
“It is astonishing, too, that President Trump would fire the nonpartisan, experienced leader of the National Security Agency while still failing to hold any member of his team accountable for leaking classified information on a commercial messaging app – even as he apparently takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist in the Oval Office.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html
In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea
https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/in-retrospect-devops-was-a-bad-idea
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/in-retrospect-devops-was-a-bad-idea
The widespread belief that #LLMs will replace all of our jobs is the strongest example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in my lifetime.
This effect normally applies to a small number of rather stupid people. But it can also affect a society at large when we extrapolate a tech that no one properly understands.
This is one reason why UX people tend to be so reluctant to drink the Kool-Aid: we've been here many, many times.
James Gleick
William Lindsey 
The Tennessee Holler 
BrianKrebs
DevOps Weekly
Scott Jenson
The Intercept
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