[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Not to toot horns but it really is interesting how much of a factor engineering has been in the story of civilization.

Well, EEs have something to live down in the development of the telegraph . . .

It’s not the telegraph as such which is the problem, of course - it’s the killer app of the telegraph (other than the real biggie, command and control of the railroads) which is the problem. I speak, of course, of the wire service in general and the Associated Press in particular. Which set about making news reporting objective, and - tragically - ended up thinking it had actually succeeded in that.

Unfortunately, that decision implied ceasing to even try actually to be objective. Leaving journalism in a state of self-righteous “liberalism.”

Now, of course, EEs have redeemed their rep somewhat by creating the computer and the www. ;-)

[Yardstick]

Haha — roger that.