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This feature is great. Lots of pearl clutching going on. Just type 'No thanks' or whatever if you don't want to go, dude. Seriously. I have this pet theory tha

This feature is great. Lots of pearl clutching going on. Just type 'No thanks' or whatever if you don't want to go, dude. Seriously. I have this pet theory that the West has achieved safety and peace of such a degree that people have to box shadows to get that little bit of thrill in their lives. No, there's no scary dystopia coming. You've just got to chill. This is like me panicking that Jetbrains wants me to print out secrets to stdout because I typed out sout<tab> while writing something handling a secret. My god! They must be moving us to a scary dystopia where everyone's plaintext password is in logs somewhere where Jetbrains can steal it!

fenwick67 7y ago
Your comment is a long-winded equivalent of "who cares".
- archon810 7y ago
  And it should be at the top of this discussion thread.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Haha, you're absolutely right! I'll do that next time. What a ludicrous post. I can't believe anyone is even taking it seriously.
infinitezest 7y ago
This strikes me as misguided in the opposite direction of OP. Keeping an eye on how we relate to the tech we use every day (and vice versa) is wise, especially as we integrate it into our lives more and more. Maintaining an attitude of "everything is fine now and will always be fine" is a great way to be taken advantage of, particularly when it comes to companies that have such a penetrating reach.
lolc 7y ago
> No, there's no scary dystopia coming. The reason it's not coming may be because there are people actively watching out. It's hard to tell what would happen if we didn't have them. Society gets better because of people willing to tackle hard questions. They are often inconvenient in how they ask you to reconsider life choices. > You've just got to chill. Until you get overlooked by the trained heuristics because they see how exposure to your thoughts cause lower click-through on ads. Then you scream and nobody hears you. And the metrics are all green.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Nobody cares about the fevered ravings of people like this. I assure you that it's not going to modify, even mildly, the product in any way. As someone who has been on the other side, I know when it's some kook thinking I'm chemtrailing his mind. And I know that's how Google PMs see this even if they'll be polite so that they don't trigger the temper tantrums that these people throw. This isn't HAL-9000. Completely disproportionate and hysterical for something that isn't even a problem.

fenwick67 7y ago

Your comment is a long-winded equivalent of "who cares".

archon810 7y ago
And it should be at the top of this discussion thread.
scarejunba 7y ago
Haha, you're absolutely right! I'll do that next time. What a ludicrous post. I can't believe anyone is even taking it seriously.

infinitezest 7y ago

This strikes me as misguided in the opposite direction of OP. Keeping an eye on how we relate to the tech we use every day (and vice versa) is wise, especially as we integrate it into our lives more and more. Maintaining an attitude of "everything is fine now and will always be fine" is a great way to be taken advantage of, particularly when it comes to companies that have such a penetrating reach.

lolc 7y ago

> No, there's no scary dystopia coming. The reason it's not coming may be because there are people actively watching out. It's hard to tell what would happen if we didn't have them. Society gets better because of people willing to tackle hard questions. They are often inconvenient in how they ask you to reconsider life choices. > You've just got to chill. Until you get overlooked by the trained heuristics because they see how exposure to your thoughts cause lower click-through on ads. Then you scream and nobody hears you. And the metrics are all green.

scarejunba 7y ago
Nobody cares about the fevered ravings of people like this. I assure you that it's not going to modify, even mildly, the product in any way. As someone who has been on the other side, I know when it's some kook thinking I'm chemtrailing his mind. And I know that's how Google PMs see this even if they'll be polite so that they don't trigger the temper tantrums that these people throw. This isn't HAL-9000. Completely disproportionate and hysterical for something that isn't even a problem.