We can reference patio11's law to acknowledge that tech is huge now-it's less a single industry than a thread woven through every sector of the economy. We could choose to talk about technology choices-from programming languages to ERP systems to calendar apps-in the context of serving a particular person's needs, rather than their potential for world domination. My goals include how computers and the internet can support us in our pursuit of noble endeavors like art, science, and self-improvement. One alternative to this dualist conversation about trends is to talk about technology in the context of goals. HBO's Silicon Valley series is parody that comes strangely close to truth. Silicon Valley culture often concerns itself more with status-seeking rather than how technology can improve people's lives. The counterpoint is trend-pushback: FAANG is too powerful and should be regulated, social media is destroying our society, and I don't like computers anymore so bring back the late 90s web. Bitcoin is the future of money, AR will change everything, voice control will make screens irrelevant, no-code is disrupting something or other. Sometimes it feels like all tech discussion-in personal blogs and podcasts, on Twitter, in the tech press-is about chasing the next big trend. Starting with our industry conversation: how do we carve out space to discuss making computers better?
And for me personally, this topic unifies my career motivations, tying together what I've done in the last two decades and what I intend to do in the future. In this final section I'll propose that we can bring a ”making computers better“ mindset to our industry conversation that you can spend your career capital in this area and that we can foster new sources of funding and institutions under that theme. Say you like some of the ideas presented in the previous six sections of this essay.
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