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This is a link post David Byrne, Eliminating the Human.
Is technology dividing us? Is the future autistic and computerised? Interesting atticle.
 (Gratch Sit Ubu sit, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 7:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is the guy who broke up his band because he was incapable of communicating with the other members, yes?

(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 8:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yup

(Gratch Sit Ubu sit, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 8:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Tech has traditionally been mostly made by white male geeks
Why are we surprised that it encourages communication in the manner they prefer?
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post do black people like to communicate by bongos or something?
Are computers white man magic?
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 14:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, they fall into the same category as swimming.
How many black kids do you see in Major League Gaming teams?
 (Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 14:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm probably not the best person to ask this question
As I don't know what Major League Gaming teams are. But from the fact you've asked it I'm going to say it's either a majority or else very few at all
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 15:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why are you upset at that one word
if I am identifying the people that were mostly involved with the generation of that tech, because the truth is they were mostly white male geeks.

Should I also not mention they were mostly male?

Am I suggesting women like to communicate through menstruation?

or would that be a ludicrous overreaction?

Of course there were women, and black people, and non-geeks working in the field but the overwhelming majority of the people involved in making the tech Byrne talked in the link about were white males with a larger than average score on the autistic spectrum, or geeks. As such they would have a greater influence on the direction the tech headed in, which is the topic we are talking about.

To say that is not racist or sexist
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 23:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm still interested in hearing what manner of communication you think black people prefer?
If you claim that white people have created a communication manner that they prefer, then you must have some notion of how this differs for black people that you'd like to share with us. Otherwise it's somewhat pointless and needlessly divisive to mention race, don't you think?
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 17 Aug 2017, 9:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Guns.

(Huw Edwards #notalljews, Thu 17 Aug 2017, 9:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Utterly preposterous twattery
Sociologically it doesn't make one jot of difference who develops a technology.
What makes or breaks it is the share of society that adopts it.
 (I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Wed 16 Aug 2017, 18:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post But for most of the time taken to develop it
the portion of society using it was the same as the portion that was making it.

In more than one way it was a bit of a circle jerk.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 17 Aug 2017, 9:04, , Reply)