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[fabrisse]

I don't think of Foxtrot as a particularly political cartoon, but I like this one.

By the way, why is it that the geeks I know all understand why there must be a papertrail, but many of the non-computer people don't? Is it a variation on computers are magic/perfect?

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[siderea]

Yeah, it is, but worse than that. To a non-techie, when you say "this technology can't be trusted", it calls into question ALL technology -- which is too terrifyingly Crichtonesque to be confronted. They don't have the conceptual categories in their minds that someone who works with technology does, to see where the limits of what is being warned about ends. For them, the voting machine, the ATM, their home computer, the computer in their car, the Air Control computers, the phone company and their refrigerator are all one.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Aaah. Yes. That makes it worse. If you own a phone, you've had at least one problem with your bill. It worries me that the non-techie can't extrapolate from "&*^%$ phone company mis-charging me!" to "hmmm, maybe we should have a way to check on the election."