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Referencing the classic https://xkcd.com/2030

"I don't quite know how to put this, but our entire field is bad at what we do, and if you rely on us everyone will die"

"They say they've fixed it with something called <del>blockchain</del> AI"

"Bury it in the desert. Wear gloves"

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Honestly, this is absurdly funny, but it makes me wonder whether we'll ever see Computer Science and Computer Engineering as seriously as other branches of STEM. I've been debating recently whether I should keep working in this field, after years of repeatedly seeing incompetence and complacency create disastrous effects in the real world.

Oftentimes, I wonder if the world wouldn't be a bit better without the last 10 or 15 years of computer technology.

> makes me wonder whether we'll ever see Computer Science and Computer Engineering as seriously as other branches of STEM

It's about as serious as a heart attack at this point...

This is really something that’s making me quite fed up with industry. I’m looking towards embedded and firmware in hopes that the lower in the stack I go the more people care about these type of things out of business necessity. But even then I’m unsure I’ll find the rigor I’m looking for

I’ve been thinking the same thing lately. It’s hard to tell if I’m just old and want everyone off my lawn, but I really feel like IT is a dead end lately. “Vintage” electronics are often nicer to use than modern equivalents. Like dials and buttons vs touch screens. Most of my electronics that have LCDs feel snappy and you sort of forget that you’re using them and just do what you were trying to do. I’m not necessarily a Luddite. I know tech _could_ be better theoretically but it’s distressing to know that it’s also not possible for things to be different for some other reasons. Economically, culturally? I don’t know.

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