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Working on progressing VR is far more interesting than working on progressing Facebook (via VR). And before anyone points out Facebook is interesting to work o

Working on progressing VR is far more interesting than working on progressing Facebook (via VR). And before anyone points out Facebook is interesting to work on because of the sheer size of the userbase the same argument could be said for working on McDonalds, Pepsi or any other low grade mass consumption product that's bad for you.

s3r3nity 10y ago
Not sure I understand your thesis: are you trying to link "interesting" -> arbitrary "good/bad" utility designation, and use that reasoning to argue that progressing FB is not interesting? It seems like a fallacy if I understand you correctly (which may/may not be the case): If A -> B, and you claim -B, that doesn't mean -A. e.g. If "VR is interesting -> good societal problems to solve" , then "bad societal problem" doesn't mean progressing FB isn't interesting.
- intoverflow2 10y ago
  > are you trying to link "interesting" -> arbitrary "good/bad" utility designation No, just that VR isn't bad or mainstream yet so you have more opportunity to shape and steer it. Tough to do if you are chained to a goliath and it's needs.
jfoutz 10y ago
An ex coworker of mine worked at walmart in the 90's. Internet wasn't widespread, so they'd do real time inventory tracking via satellite uplink, trucks would be loaded and dispatched with whatever sold. Now days, it doesn't sound quite so interesting. Back then it was impressive. There's so much extra tech available to everyone now, it's not nearly as tough as it was then. I'm not much of a walmart fan for various reasons, but that sounded like pretty darn interesting work.
pdog 10y ago
> low grade mass consumption product that's bad for you Millions of people use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family. It's the platform that has powered trillions of meaningful social connections over the years. It's not junk food or sugar water.
- crpatino 10y ago
  Yes it is! It replaced hundreds of billios of meaningful social connections with trillions of shallow connections that most people would be better off keeping at arms length. Not that there's anything wrong with staying in touch with your highschool buddies, but seriously, do you need to laugh at every joke and fawn at every selfie they post? There's a good reason why friendships would either grow stronger or grow appart over the years. It is called Dumbar Number.

s3r3nity 10y ago

Not sure I understand your thesis: are you trying to link "interesting" -> arbitrary "good/bad" utility designation, and use that reasoning to argue that progressing FB is not interesting? It seems like a fallacy if I understand you correctly (which may/may not be the case): If A -> B, and you claim -B, that doesn't mean -A. e.g. If "VR is interesting -> good societal problems to solve" , then "bad societal problem" doesn't mean progressing FB isn't interesting.

intoverflow2 10y ago
> are you trying to link "interesting" -> arbitrary "good/bad" utility designation No, just that VR isn't bad or mainstream yet so you have more opportunity to shape and steer it. Tough to do if you are chained to a goliath and it's needs.

jfoutz 10y ago

An ex coworker of mine worked at walmart in the 90's. Internet wasn't widespread, so they'd do real time inventory tracking via satellite uplink, trucks would be loaded and dispatched with whatever sold. Now days, it doesn't sound quite so interesting. Back then it was impressive. There's so much extra tech available to everyone now, it's not nearly as tough as it was then. I'm not much of a walmart fan for various reasons, but that sounded like pretty darn interesting work.

pdog 10y ago

> low grade mass consumption product that's bad for you Millions of people use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family. It's the platform that has powered trillions of meaningful social connections over the years. It's not junk food or sugar water.

crpatino 10y ago
Yes it is! It replaced hundreds of billios of meaningful social connections with trillions of shallow connections that most people would be better off keeping at arms length. Not that there's anything wrong with staying in touch with your highschool buddies, but seriously, do you need to laugh at every joke and fawn at every selfie they post? There's a good reason why friendships would either grow stronger or grow appart over the years. It is called Dumbar Number.