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by n_time 1712 days ago
Wish there was more philosophy of science and exploration into what "technology" means in CS programs. Maybe get undergrads to read Crime and Punishment by Foucault. Not saying he's the be-all end-all but just that perspective of seeing technology as subjective and situated in historical contexts.

Technology in CS ends up instead being taught to be magical progress fuel that brings us towards the inevitable future rather than tools built by people with access to capital in order to achieve specific ends

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I feel that programmers in general have a lot to learn from the postmodernists. Learning about social constructivism alone can teach you a lot about how to think about abstractions.