Thanks for those reminders, Sarah. The way that in both instances tech business backgrounds proved the basis of their candidacies is fascinating. It will be interesting to see how the media covers (and hopefully dissects) Ayyadurai's claims now that he has thrown his hat into the ring of public scrutiny. I may have to forward some of Tom H.'s pieces to political journalists in the Bay State. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Andrew Meade McGee Corcoran Department of History University of Virginia PO Box 400180 - Nau Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu> wrote:
- Carly Fiorina, folks. She just spoke at CPAC.
- Meg Whitman, eBay. Lost CA gubernatorial election.
Both Republicans. Both lost (obviously).
Any chance we could discuss this Ayyadurai matter at the meeting next month?
Guy's playing the long game, obviously.
With thanks, Sarah ---
S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.
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On Feb 25, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu> wrote:
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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On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Deborah Douglas <ddouglas@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-entreprene ur-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@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
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@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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