That's interesting way of phrasing it. I find these things are super prevalent in Tech. I started typing a list but after I got over a dozen items I decided it wasn't really important what the things were.
We have an industry where you have:
Not always full understanding of the technical details, explainability, easily validated
Over emphasis on what is new/hype. It is always desirable to find some sort of differentiator in an already forward thinking areas. Incremental improvements are less interesting.
Often this means that this hype/marketing becomes part of the technologies identity and sometimes extend on to individuals identity. So when something no longer is true or things have progressed we just keep pushing the same rhetoric.
So if the source was not 100% on the level in the first place (and not really confirmable) it doesn't really matter how untrue something is as the idea will continue propagate. Out in the open with no self-consciousness.
I'd say validate your stuff the same way you validate your news sources, but that process isn't always easy/reasonable to do. So I'm not sure. I tend to take everything in tech with amount of skepticism.
calling out naked emperors doesnt always have to be a skeptical exercise. it could be that EVERYONE is too skeptical and you can break through by pointing out something optimistic. i think this is where great business ideas come from. i think the classic example is with Elon Musk and batteries/solar power/rockets.
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That's interesting way of phrasing it. I find these things are super prevalent in Tech. I started typing a list but after I got over a dozen items I decided it wasn't really important what the things were.
We have an industry where you have:
Often this means that this hype/marketing becomes part of the technologies identity and sometimes extend on to individuals identity. So when something no longer is true or things have progressed we just keep pushing the same rhetoric.
So if the source was not 100% on the level in the first place (and not really confirmable) it doesn't really matter how untrue something is as the idea will continue propagate. Out in the open with no self-consciousness.
I'd say validate your stuff the same way you validate your news sources, but that process isn't always easy/reasonable to do. So I'm not sure. I tend to take everything in tech with amount of skepticism.
calling out naked emperors doesnt always have to be a skeptical exercise. it could be that EVERYONE is too skeptical and you can break through by pointing out something optimistic. i think this is where great business ideas come from. i think the classic example is with Elon Musk and batteries/solar power/rockets.