Monday, November 18, 2013
Social Engineering
All food should taste the same. Most restaurants cater to a
miniscule audience: the one that likes their food. This is quite
unfair, as people should be able to go anywhere they want and enjoy
themselves. Restaurants should cease their foolish tricks
and cater to all comers. Unfortunately, this change would crush most
establishments. They simply could not afford to provide such a
variety of food. To fix this, we must decrease the variety;
to ensure it works for even the smallest restaurants, we should
eliminate variety entirely. This, though, is absurd. People would
be dismayed if everything they liked disappeared along with the
things they disliked. We should probably leave well enough alone.
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I'm a little confused. Are you arguing for or against variety in restaurants?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing this is a metaphor for women in CS. But I don't fully see the connection...
ReplyDeleteOnce I re-read the post as a metaphor for women in CS it made a little bit of sense...I think. I do agree though, I think most are making a small issue (SOME women don't study computer science because of stereotypes) sound like a large issue (stereotypes are driving MANY women away from the major, and the only evidence that we will ever accept that all is well is a girl to guy ratio of 1).
ReplyDeleteComputer science is definitely not a single restaurant. It's a collection of many restaurants that only caters to a few types of people. I don't want to get rid of the restaurants that cater to these people. I want to add more restaurants, even if they only cater to a small slice of people. I think there is room for both.
ReplyDeleteBut I definitely don't think there is a restaurant for me now.