If _toxic_ technology and products don’t have a chance for optimism on HN, where do they? Fixed that for you. Also, is this really “technology” through and thro

If _toxic_ technology and products don’t have a chance for optimism on HN, where do they? Fixed that for you. Also, is this really “technology” through and through? I mean, surely there’s scientific knowledge behind it, but is the materialized outcome really something those two founders really achieved out of applied scientific knowledge? From reading their about page, I doubt they are invested in factoring the neuropsychological, social and cultural impacts, long or short term. It seems more like a narrative they’ve built and liked how it sounded in their head. I’m a designer engineer and I known how tempting it is to prototype such aesthetic pipe dreams, those that you never bothered to honestly and seriously question the validity, since it would obviously ruin all the fun. In those cases it’s easier to let yourself be fooled by your own foolishness. After all, how can it be not good if it looks good and pleases me? It must be good! No, more than that. It is necessary! It’s the way of the future! It has to be done! Right? Has it ever occurred to you that the, hm, “hackers”, might actually have a bit of sense, affording them the ability to distinguish useful technology from bullshit?