[spacekitcat]

I think we agree.

[_y5hn]

Yeah, but "The Middle Path" is a hard sell to the masses.

[spacekitcat]

I think there's a weird seam of irrational rage around the mere suggestion that tech isn't some utopian meritocracy.

I find it jarring.

[_y5hn]

Yep. People mistake means for the ends.

Anybody may be susceptible to such ideology and short-circuited bias. However, technical people are often so focused on their details, we are probably even more vulnerable to this than most.