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A while back I linked a paper titled "The Technology Effect: How Perceptions of Technology Drive Excessive Optimism" (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-015-9399-4
by johntfella 5y ago
A while back I linked a paper titled "The Technology Effect: How Perceptions of Technology Drive Excessive Optimism" (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-015-9399-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-015-9399-4). This is a central trend in the posts I do. It is to consider whether "Excessive optimism that technology will result in success can have negative consequences." So I post within that lineage and to attract comments that may yield unique perspectives. Thus I see it as relevant in the discussion of what is created by technology in possible consequences. For this it relates to the vaccines. Other posts relate to how amish manage to use technology et al.
The secondary reason for posting is that most of what I post is a save for later access for my own use. I have other flag posts that I access in the same manner. So whatever floats your boat.
- raphlinus 5y agoThanks for explaining your thinking. I like your theme and think it's worth discussing, but honestly this paper is only tangentially relevant. It would be relevant if ADE were a thing, but basically this is input to a highly technical discussion, and the fact that this discussion is happening (the vaccines are getting serious scrutiny) is good news. I've been thinking about how to improve the quality of discourse on HN a bit, and I think the philosophy of Wikipedia might be relevant. They discourage linking primary sources (like this paper), but encourage quality secondary sources. A review of ADE in the Covid vaccines, citing this paper, might be a much better choice, as it would provide context and a framework for evaluating the more fine-grained issues.