I am really glad this keynote got recorded. Still very relevant, it is as much about software development as it is about society.
Go watch it, as it gives you reason to think about your role in the software development process, and in the information fire hose at large.
Back in the days, David Intersimone was right when he created the regular blog post “Sip from the Firehose” (for early materials, see [WayBack] GetPublished – Author Information: Firehose).
The talk main thread is about current and ever growing overload of information which basically makes it disinformation, combined with the abundance of “AI” recording devices around you that basically make you the product.
Basically we reached all the tick marks of these books:
- 1984 (1949, by George Orwell)
- Amusing ourselves to death (1985, by Neil Postman)
- Brave New World (1931, by Aldous Huxley)
The session is not just about “how bad is the situation” (it is very), but also provides directions on how to get out of it for both people in the development process, as well as consumers, producers and sharers of information.
via:
- [WayBack] Gopal Sharma on Twitter: “Highly recommend watching this @hhariri talk: Welcome to the Machine. Probably won’t make you happy, but we all need to hear this.”
- [WayBack] Hadi Hariri auf Twitter: “Note to self – try to take a more Hollywood approach to talks…… “
–jeroen
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