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Science itself, mother of computers, has gone through the exact same process throughout the 18th-20th centuries: complexity got way out of control, dumb special

Science itself, mother of computers, has gone through the exact same process throughout the 18th-20th centuries: complexity got way out of control, dumb specialists now wear the crowns for their multitude of kingdoms, there's little cohesion, and really no space for old-time Thinkers like Da Vinci. There's no such a thing as "science" anymore. A "natural scientist" allow himself to know zero % about let's say economy or psychology ("social sciences" or whatever), and vice-versa. Scientific papers nowadays are complete jokes and most people care about $ not truth, which is particularly a problem when they are enemies. Same for computers as for Science: people get amazed and lost in complexity, and the main goals are temporarily lost. This is expected in a global market where multiple fields of life with increasing, incredible and huge complexity one interfere with the others (and vice-versa). It will take a long while to solve those matters if there's no radical change in the system of life, imo. Science and computers should be accessible to everybody, not only DaVinci's and elite programmers, and that's the way it will go. I hope you can find joy in life elsewhere in your mind/activity. Cheers

matheusmoreira 5y ago
> most people care about $ not truth Yeah, computer technology is exactly like this today. What's it about? Consumerism. Engagement. Advertising. Surveillance. Corporate bottom lines. Government control. It's such an incredible waste. The potential of computers used to be limitless. They empowered people. They once threatened monopolies, governments. To see them reduced to the state of appliances serving the very same elites they were supposed to free us from is just sad. > Science and computers should be accessible to everybody, not only DaVinci's and elite programmers, and that's the way it will go. That's okay. I just wish things were different. Science fiction predicted the creation of AI. They were human-like. They were our friends. We could trust them. The dystopian cyberpunk hell we're heading towards has AI as a tool of corporations and the state, used to control people, exploit them. It has masters but they're not us. The AI snitches on us, reports our wrongthink. > I hope you can find joy in life elsewhere in your mind/activity. Thanks. I hope so too. I've found meaning in other activities but nothing matches the godlike feeling I used to get from programming.

matheusmoreira 5y ago

> most people care about $ not truth Yeah, computer technology is exactly like this today. What's it about? Consumerism. Engagement. Advertising. Surveillance. Corporate bottom lines. Government control. It's such an incredible waste. The potential of computers used to be limitless. They empowered people. They once threatened monopolies, governments. To see them reduced to the state of appliances serving the very same elites they were supposed to free us from is just sad. > Science and computers should be accessible to everybody, not only DaVinci's and elite programmers, and that's the way it will go. That's okay. I just wish things were different. Science fiction predicted the creation of AI. They were human-like. They were our friends. We could trust them. The dystopian cyberpunk hell we're heading towards has AI as a tool of corporations and the state, used to control people, exploit them. It has masters but they're not us. The AI snitches on us, reports our wrongthink. > I hope you can find joy in life elsewhere in your mind/activity. Thanks. I hope so too. I've found meaning in other activities but nothing matches the godlike feeling I used to get from programming.