The Inimitable Tiff

As CrossingWallStreet said, “This is the kind of story the media loves to write”, replacing “alpha-male”/”locker room” metaphors with “geeks” wielding all that “artificial intelligence”. Digging deeper than the comeuppance and stereotypes, there is a much more interesting shift this article expresses well:

“The difference is anonymity. If you play a game with the same people over and over again, you reach an understanding about what’s acceptable. If the game is completely anonymous, there are no rules between people, there are only rules imposed by the marketplace.”