The point of this poll was to capture an emotion, not a truth. Programmers and nerds are disenfranchised. The majority of 6000 people believe that we are doing bad things with software. It's true. I believe that the percentage has gone up over time. This feels like late-stage capitalism: more money in fewer hands results in more pointless vanity projects, and more rich-get-richer efforts. It also feels like we're on the cusp of breaking away. I, for one, am looking forward to that process.