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Thank you, that's what I was trying to say. Tech innovation today is almost always some variation of let them eat cake. I had the fortune/misfortune of moving
by zackmorris 4y ago
Thank you, that's what I was trying to say. Tech innovation today is almost always some variation of let them eat cake.
I had the fortune/misfortune of moving furniture for 3 years right out of college 20 years ago to support my internet business at the time. I saw how the vast majority of people toil away their lives to make rent and child support each month. That experience shattered my will to such a degree that I came out of it a different person.
My concern is that the divide between working poor and techie riche is now so vast that they can't even see one another. If the wealthy and powerful could see, they would invest less in profitable schemes and more in shared prosperity. But they can't. So wealth inequality continues to grow unabated, with AI being just another tool to profit from another's labor or eat their lunch outright.
- agumonkey 4y agoIts a big question I think about regularly. I have quite a lot to say about it. I think the whole structure is subtle and it's not as simple as rich/poor divide. I'll be back.