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> the takeaway was: we must delete every software, destroy every CPU ever made, and start all over again. Understandable sentiment, but good luck doing it any

> the takeaway was: we must delete every software, destroy every CPU ever made, and start all over again. Understandable sentiment, but good luck doing it any better than what we currently have. Every technology and the assumptions it was based on is outdated pretty soon.

jen20 4y ago
It would be pretty easy to improve: do the same thing but without pervasive ads and tracking.
- alpaca128 4y ago
  That's like saying you can easily fight climate change by reducing CO2 emissions. It's not wrong but it ignores human behaviour and profit-oriented incentives.
  - jen20 4y ago
    And yet, entire ecosystems exist where this behaviour is not prevalent.
ly3xqhl8g9 4y ago
~4 billion years ago there was possibly a big refactor [1]; after the refactor the RNA machine got somewhat stable for the next 4+ billion years. There is no technology in our computer machines that will be able to withstand 4 billion years of external change. In fact, with all our clouds and AIs, we are closer to the caves than to that kind of technology. But it's great that the techno-giants of today with trillions in market cap and billions in R&D give us new drop-shadow effects: we need more riboswitch-like technology [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboswitch#:~:text=Gallery%20of%20secondary%20structure%20images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboswitch#:~:text=Gallery%20o...