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What about all the ways that code has helped reduce suffering of others? If writing less efficient code allows people to iterate faster and improve lives then w
by xmprt 6y ago
What about all the ways that code has helped reduce suffering of others? If writing less efficient code allows people to iterate faster and improve lives then wouldn't it be morally wrong to spend years trying to write perfectly optimal code instead of solving imminent problems today?
- jcims 6y agoYeah the article is extremely one-sided and seems to assume zero cost for efficient code and creates false dichotomies along the axes of morality and efficiency. Nearly all of this would be solved by incorporating quantified externalities into energy costs, but that's a tricky sticky wicket.