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In my opinion, computer devices should be optimized for the world we want to have not the one we do have. Optimizing for consumption does not sound like a moral
by munificent 7y ago
In my opinion, computer devices should be optimized for the world we want to have not the one we do have. Optimizing for consumption does not sound like a moral good to me.
- irrational 7y agoWhen you say "the world we want to have" I think you mean "the world I want to have" since most people seem to want a world where they primarily consume media. I think most people would say that the moral good is optimizing for consuming media, because that is what they want to do.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMost people do a whole lot of things other than consuming media during their day, and computer technology is woefully underoptimized for all those other use cases.
- munificent 7y ago> since most people seem to want a world where they primarily consume media. 553,000 people in the US are homeless, but I don't think most would say they "don't want a home". 2.3 million people are in prisons, but I don't think that's the place they "want to live". 15.1 million have an alcohol abuse disorder, but I don't think they would all characterize it as "wanting to drink". 12 million people in the US experience rape, violence, or stalking from a partner every year but I wouldn't characterize them as "wanting to be in that relationship". Behavior reflects all sorts of things outside of the person's intentions and aspirations. One of the goals of a just society is to give people a framework that helps them reach their goals.