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The mind of the engineer

September 25, 2002 by Scott Rosenberg

David Weinberger tries to explain why engineers seem to be so cynical — and why that’s not such a bad thing, for them and us: “Cynics believe there is an ideal that humans choose not to live up to. For engineers, the ideals often are those of rationality: they like their work relationships characterized by the interchange of objective information unsullied by subjective, selfish motivations.” It’s a short piece, worth reading in full.

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