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Harari's next zinger: the internet does not empower clickbait -- clickbait empowers the internet!
by nwiswell 3y ago
Harari's next zinger: the internet does not empower clickbait -- clickbait empowers the internet!
- cb321 3y agoHilarious! And an almost literal paraphrase of something a friend of mine says routinely. That Van Jacobson talk got uproarious laughter from the audience at the end, as one might predict { surely VJ had an inkling... ;-) }. It's a way to do a long story and a punchline/zinger without anthropomorphically flipping the script "selfish-gene" style. FWIW, I think Harari knows this is "his brand" and might avoid "off brand" articles, much as much as Christopher Nolan probably thinks doing a simple, linear movie would be off brand for him. (Or they both could just love their developed styles. It is oft overlooked, but in the world of humans "all of the above" is often a better answer than any single explanation.)
- cogitoergofutuo 3y agoGotta love the state of “philosophy” that makes it to publication these days. “Baffle non-phenomonologists with this One Weird Trick!”
- cb321 3y agoI certainly do not know, but it would be unsurprising if the origins of this article were Harari asking ChatGPT to "Tell me a long, involved, analytical story about <X> that ends with a punchline inverting anthropomorphized agency". Maybe he thought "Erm.. Maybe I am about to be replaced by AI!"
- corbulo 3y agoThere has been an increasing laymanization of philosophy by academics who should know better. Harari is teleological technobabble personified.
- cogitoergofutuo 3y agoSeriously. I feel like we’re weeks away from “This is the ONE Vegetable that Hegel is BEGGING you to Cut Out Of Your Diet!” being published in The Atlantic or whatever