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For the record, I slightly regret my tone here. I stand by an extremely negative opinion of hypergrowth ideology (and the role played in it by tech). But this n
by crispinb 9y ago
For the record, I slightly regret my tone here. I stand by an extremely negative opinion of hypergrowth ideology (and the role played in it by tech). But this needs to be seriously argued for (which can’t be done in a comment para or two), and personal attacks are only irrelevant and unpleasant noise. Not that Mr Yegge will know or have any reason to care, but it does pollute the atmosphere on HN.
- Santosh83 9y agoNo need to regret. As you said, the living planet is irreplaceable and infinitely more precious than artefacts of technology which can be built again and again, yet our thoughtless species largely pursues trivialities and in the process squanders what cannot be regained. But comments like these are not well received so I seldom say them out loud.
- crispinb 9y agoSure, I don't resile from the basic point at all. Ecosystems are collapsing, and will take the dependent virtual worlds of business and tech with them if we don't change course. But the case isn't made any stronger by bagging individuals. I'm all for speaking up against mainstream myths, but it's usually worth taking a pause before being pointlessly combative.