setting up "technologists" as a kind of high-priest class, the only ones who understand "computers"
As you know, this happens in every domain, not just computers.
To quote the noted political philosopher trio called The Police in their treatise De Do Do Do:
Poets priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no-one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
As an election integrity activist, I had to master the technology of election administration, lest I be laughed at and dismissed by the self-appointed high priesthood. No one should have to work as hard as I did to understand something so fundamental as how our votes are counted. But that's kinda the point, right?
As you know, this happens in every domain, not just computers.
To quote the noted political philosopher trio called The Police in their treatise De Do Do Do:
As an election integrity activist, I had to master the technology of election administration, lest I be laughed at and dismissed by the self-appointed high priesthood. No one should have to work as hard as I did to understand something so fundamental as how our votes are counted. But that's kinda the point, right?