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I agree with the sentiments. I don't agree with the notion of the good-old days however. It only takes 5 minutes on a PC running Windows 3.1 to remind me how mu

by mouzogu 10y ago

I agree with the sentiments. I don't agree with the notion of the good-old days however. It only takes 5 minutes on a PC running Windows 3.1 to remind me how much of pain those days were at times - at least in comparison to now. You see the difference is that I was much more patient and tolerant then. Now, thanks to the Internet - I have become very impatient, anxious and my attention span has dropped almost to zero. I hate theee things. The way technology has changed me. This is why I have grown more and more disinterested in technology and all its promises. Even though if I were being honest we have never had it better in terms of the range, options and diversity of the field. I think technology has made me a worse person. More informed but less interested. It's given me more opportunnities at a time when i feel most exhausted and apathetic. Perhaps this is normal considering we are going through the "internet" revolution. A lot of changes. Many of which I don't like within myself and society in general.

bhaak 10y ago
> I agree with the sentiments. I don't agree with the notion of the good-old days however. It only takes 5 minutes on a PC running Windows 3.1 to remind me how much of pain those days were at times - at least in comparison to now. I think, even back in the day, not many people were excited about running Windows 3.1. Early 90s, the excitement was probably more on the Mac, BeOS or maybe even still the Amiga. If you already had access to the internet, then there was of course the release of Linux. Edit: Oh, I forgot about the Apple Newton. Now that was a piece of hardware that seemed to haven fallen out of a time machine. I never owned one myself but around 2000 I worked for a few weeks with somebody who had one. That machine made my Palm IIIx look like a simple paper clip.
dpweb 10y ago
The tech is still fun and cool, it's the hype that's taxing. VCs promising to invent human immortality 'we're going to solve the problem of death' was the pinnacle of their hubris. Calm down guys. A global communication network is great but it ain't an invention on the level of a cancer cure. People who love computers take a hobbyists view. It used to be a hobbyist thing. That's gone forever if you look at the world the influence now of global power structures and corrosive effects of greed. You can preserve the hobbyist mentality about it yourself in your own pure joy of it but if you don't naturally your going to get disillusioned about the whole thing.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  > VCs promising to invent human immortality 'we're going to solve the problem of death' was the pinnacle of their hubris. I have a different view. I'm thinking, "finally someone is fucking serious about what should obviously be the goal of everyone". If rich SV people are willing to throw money at something actually useful for a change, I'm all for it.
  - shshhdhs 10y ago
    I disagree. It should not be the goal of everyone because we have hundreds of other larger humanitarian issues on earth than delaying aging & dying. That literally is a "first world problem". Let's fix the crises first
    - nathcd 10y ago
      Why not both? To me, your argument sounds a bit like the argument that we shouldn't be exploring space because we have enough problems here on earth.
      - shshhdhs 10y ago
        Both is fine. I disagreed with OP that it is the goal of "everyone". It is only the problem of the rich.
        enraged_camel 10y ago
        Really? Mortality is only a problem of the rich? Huh... interesting.
        shshhdhs 10y ago
        Mortality by age, and mortality by violence, starvation, sanitary conditions, diseases, etc, etc are very different problems. See the difference?
    - 10y ago

by mouzogu 10y ago

bhaak 10y ago

> I agree with the sentiments. I don't agree with the notion of the good-old days however. It only takes 5 minutes on a PC running Windows 3.1 to remind me how much of pain those days were at times - at least in comparison to now. I think, even back in the day, not many people were excited about running Windows 3.1. Early 90s, the excitement was probably more on the Mac, BeOS or maybe even still the Amiga. If you already had access to the internet, then there was of course the release of Linux. Edit: Oh, I forgot about the Apple Newton. Now that was a piece of hardware that seemed to haven fallen out of a time machine. I never owned one myself but around 2000 I worked for a few weeks with somebody who had one. That machine made my Palm IIIx look like a simple paper clip.

dpweb 10y ago

The tech is still fun and cool, it's the hype that's taxing. VCs promising to invent human immortality 'we're going to solve the problem of death' was the pinnacle of their hubris. Calm down guys. A global communication network is great but it ain't an invention on the level of a cancer cure. People who love computers take a hobbyists view. It used to be a hobbyist thing. That's gone forever if you look at the world the influence now of global power structures and corrosive effects of greed. You can preserve the hobbyist mentality about it yourself in your own pure joy of it but if you don't naturally your going to get disillusioned about the whole thing.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
> VCs promising to invent human immortality 'we're going to solve the problem of death' was the pinnacle of their hubris. I have a different view. I'm thinking, "finally someone is fucking serious about what should obviously be the goal of everyone". If rich SV people are willing to throw money at something actually useful for a change, I'm all for it.
- shshhdhs 10y ago
  I disagree. It should not be the goal of everyone because we have hundreds of other larger humanitarian issues on earth than delaying aging & dying. That literally is a "first world problem". Let's fix the crises first
  - nathcd 10y ago
    Why not both? To me, your argument sounds a bit like the argument that we shouldn't be exploring space because we have enough problems here on earth.
    - shshhdhs 10y ago
      Both is fine. I disagreed with OP that it is the goal of "everyone". It is only the problem of the rich.
      - enraged_camel 10y ago
        Really? Mortality is only a problem of the rich? Huh... interesting.
        shshhdhs 10y ago
        Mortality by age, and mortality by violence, starvation, sanitary conditions, diseases, etc, etc are very different problems. See the difference?
  - 10y ago