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Sigh, it does have to do with the digital world actually (in that everyone now seems to think that everyone is on their platform. Further, it has been been ob
by akhmatova 5y ago
Sigh, it does have to do with the digital world actually (in that everyone now seems to think that everyone is on their platform. Further, it has been been observed that digital systems promote cognitive fatigue and empathy depletion across the board). There's no need to be so dismissive. Sigh.
- 52-6F-62 5y agoIndeed. There are many things computers are amazing at doing (that's why I find them fascinating and enjoy working on them from time to time)—but human empathy isn't one of them.
- joshstrange 5y agoComputers didn't choose to close down a branch or limit its hours, humans did.
- akhmatova 5y agoBut the computers tricked the humans into thinking "you can just do it all online". My favorite example of this being restaurants that, when you ask for a menu, give you a QR code (with no explanation of course).
- 52-6F-62 5y agoThat’s not really a straight comparison here. Computers are not feeling machines, they’re calculators. Humans are greatly varied, contradictory creatures with a seemingly bottomless internal mode. You will get everything under the sun from out of humans. You will get discrete numerical calculations of out a computer.