[SIGCIS-Members] Email "inventor" claimant to run for U.S. Senate -- alternative facts about technology and democracy collide

[Andrew Meade McGee]

Thanks for this suggestion, Debbie. I will look into this Massie fellow
with great interest -- it would be fascinating to see how a technology
background would shape an incredibly retail politics level of campaigning
like for the House.

Thanks,
Andrew

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Andrew Meade McGee
Corcoran Department of History
University of Virginia
PO Box 400180 - Nau Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Deborah Douglas <ddouglas at mit.edu> wrote:

>
> Depending on how liberal a definition of software industry one uses,
> another example is:
>
> Tom Massie, now a Representative from Kentucky, invented PHANTOM while at
> MIT (he won the Lemelson Student Prize for this) and founded
> SensAbleTechnologies.
>
> http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/thomas-massie
> http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/05/17/from-mit-
> entrepreneur-to-tea-party-leader-the-thomas-massie-story/
> http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/meet-representative-thomas-massie-
> constitutional-conservative-mit-pedigree
> https://massie.house.gov/about
>
> Debbie Douglas
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae at virginia.edu>
>  wrote:
>
> As a follow up to Ayyadurai's candidacy  -- have there been any previous
> instances of people who identify with the software industry running for
> major political office in the United states or internationally?
>
> --Andrew
>
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> Andrew Meade McGee
> Corcoran Department of History
> University of Virginia
> PO Box 400180 - Nau Hall
> Charlottesville, VA 22904
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae at virginia.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Continuing with the ongoing saga of V. A. Shiva and his claims regarding
>> the invention of e-mail, that gentleman has just announced his candidacy
>> for the United States Senate.
>>
>> https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/835420061993218048
>>
>> As several SIGCIS contributors noted earlier this month, this nicely
>> parallels the upcoming SHOT themes of technology and democracy. "Alternate
>> facts" about the history of technology will play a major public element of
>> this campaign next year.
>>
>> --Andrew
>>
>
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