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What does turn it into dangerous nonsense is the "solution looking for a problem" phenomenon, fueled by techno-libertarians and more so plain greedy people, loo
by ahartmetz 5y ago
What does turn it into dangerous nonsense is the "solution looking for a problem" phenomenon, fueled by techno-libertarians and more so plain greedy people, looking for a way to justify and entrench the mostly useless technology that makes them rich.
- baisq 5y ago
- hapiri 5y agoIn the sense that it is useless for society, by extracting the collective's wealth while providing no net benefits.
- automatic6131 5y agoCompare romance scams, authorise push payment fraud, and ponzi schemes. All of these make someone rich, and all are negative sums, being in fact worse than useless.
- biorach 5y agoIf it makes someone rich at a high cost to others without adding any value whatsoever then it is useless. In light of the massive energy consumption it may be worse than useless.
- tsimionescu 5y agoBy that logic, would you say that Bernie Madoff's enterprise was useful, as it made him rich?