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there is no hive mind, there is no “it”. there are individuals, and all of us have our own minds. your collectivism is a misapplied abstraction leaking reality
by whafalloon 9y ago
there is no hive mind, there is no “it”. there are individuals, and all of us have our own minds.
your collectivism is a misapplied abstraction leaking reality at every seam
- asfasgasg 9y agoCommunities are things. Just because they are made up of individuals does not mean they lack group properties and tendencies. Saying that would be like claiming a glass of water can't have surface tension because it's made up of individual atoms.
- jcora 9y agoLmao 'Individuals' on HN (or 20-something CS guy from the U.S.) and their 'unique opinions' are so fucking similar and revolve around a couple of basic platitudes and ideologems Pretty much anything that isn't a specific technical subject is totally boring and predictable on HN Also your last sentence is painfully cringey to read
- leetcrew 9y agoidk how you could not notice that any voting-based link aggregator or comment section has a hive mind effect.