Swisher is a somewhat controversial journalist to begin with--many see her as a cheerleader for Silicon Valley, others as a top tech journo. She's given some cringey interviews lately about just how great she thinks she is. She played herself in an episode of Silicon Valley and may not have gotten that the joke was on her.
And she's a lesbian.
NYT hired her as an op-ed columnist but her ideas ("I predict we will all give up cars in five years!") make her the object of scorn from Times readers.
It's an interesting dynamic.
Today's column is too long and too uninteresting to cut and paste, but I'll give you one of the most liked comments, which sums up the article and the audience reaction:
[quote] This column seems to be all about hope over experience.
[quote] This is just more fanboy ( fangirl/fanwoman) belief in more Tech as the way forward.
[quote] Looking for a magical "Tech" solution to climate change that will remove the need for hard choices.
[quote] Companies acting responsibly round the gig economy. Google, Facebook and the rest are built on "independant contractors" and outsourcing and are actively fighting any unionization.
[quote] More utopian Automation for Good. Yeah, continuing that trend has worked out great so far. But this time will be different. Yeah.
[quote] Utopian ideas against polarization when their whole business model is about polarization.
[quote] People who know they have been addicted for years are now going to decide to ditch their phones.
[quote] Woulda', coulda', should've. But won't without real political change. Corporate Democrats and Republicans will unite to protect the money machine.
[quote] There is no sign that phone addicts are quitting or seeking treatments.
[quote] Just another Tech entrepreneur telling us how more tech is the answer.
[quote] This is just whistling and thinking happy thoughts as we walk past the graveyard or our humanity.