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It's a measurable metric but so is the ratio of pisces to aquariuses in congress. The question is how does that metric affect things you actually care about? Li
by jjk166 4y ago
It's a measurable metric but so is the ratio of pisces to aquariuses in congress. The question is how does that metric affect things you actually care about? Like sure it's weird that Bezos has the wealth of a nation state, but am I personally harmed by that? Perhaps in some theoretical sense a more equitable distribution might lead to some improvement but when you compare it to things like climate change or rogue ai it doesn't seem like much of an existential threat. So long as people are living longer, happier, healthier lives with new opportunities they did not have before, we're on an upward trajectory. It may not be the best of all possible trajectories, but it doesn't have to be.
- andrewlgood 4y agoI agree one could pick silly metrics. The point is to pick a metric that you have thought about and care about the results. It is difficult to discuss/debate the proposition "I feel weird about the direction of society." There are so many aspects to discuss. Technology impacts a great many of them. My suggestion is to sit down and think about a metric you would like to improve. Why do you want it to improve? What has it been doing over some period of time? What do you think it will do in the future? This can help step away from simply having feelings because the press reports the climate is changing, ai is taking away jobs, kim kardashian broke up with pete davidson.