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The reason we are here is because the one subset of the population which can do something about it has sold out. Is it the congressmen? No, it is us. Also the p
by DSingularity 6y ago
The reason we are here is because the one subset of the population which can do something about it has sold out. Is it the congressmen? No, it is us. Also the professors that taught us and the departments that accredited us. Either we did nothing to fight back or we are ourselves complicit and helped them build this world we live in.
- rpastuszak 6y agoI see what you mean but I think it's a bit more complicated than that. It's hard to make the right choice when most of the information you receive comes from the entities in whose interest is you not making the right choice (e.g. Google, FB). An average HN reader is in a very comfortable situation compared to the remaining 99.9% of the population, who might not have time to think about this. Unless, and I might've misunderstood you, by "us" you mean the people who work on those platforms, and have the time and resources to think about these matters, in which case I'd say that I agree with your statement. What's worse is how much brain power we're wasting on solving problems that shouldn't exist in the first place. "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads"
- DSingularity 6y agoYeah but that doesn’t vindicate them. If professors boycotted these institutions it would have made a difference. Still might.