content: I suspect a combination of ivory tower and appeal to authority. 99% of techies do not invent, they just follow the rules. Follow the language syntax. If you run into a problem, just search for it and copy&paste what someone else did to solve it. Everything they do comes from an authoritative source. Programming books, websites, examples... They don't have to disseminate what is true or false because it is self-evident. It either compiles and solves the issue, or it doesn't. Then they apply this thinking to everything else they see. "The authoritative source says this, so it is so". Combined with a relatively high pay and simple career growth (keep programming and don't fuck up and you get promoted) they get a wicked ego. So now they have binary/black&white world view and inflated view of their mental ability. So poorly formed ideas that "work" on paper, or even come from authoritative sources (((msm media))) become the obvious solution to them. Universal income, socialism, diversity hiring, etc. They just never do the research that might disprove what they are told & it's all reinforced in the tech echo chamber.