The hero worship is one aspect of a much larger problem, I think, which is that technology culture is almost entirely defined by trends in the startup and VC spaces. It's been that way for at least a decade and a half, by my reckoning.
There is very little genuine technology subculture anymore that is willing to critique dominant trends, raise up our own heroes, and create alternatives.
I'm really hoping that demystifying "disruption" will create a moment of reckoning for technologists.
The hero worship is one aspect of a much larger problem, I think, which is that technology culture is almost entirely defined by trends in the startup and VC spaces. It's been that way for at least a decade and a half, by my reckoning.
There is very little genuine technology subculture anymore that is willing to critique dominant trends, raise up our own heroes, and create alternatives.
I'm really hoping that demystifying "disruption" will create a moment of reckoning for technologists.
[edited to say "decade and a half"]