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This reply seems a little bit pre-baked and somewhat irrelevant for the site in the link. The OP is building up a small world network of direct recommendations,

by amoss 3y ago

This reply seems a little bit pre-baked and somewhat irrelevant for the site in the link. The OP is building up a small world network of direct recommendations, i.e. it is about as far from an automated recommendation service as is possible. The warm introduction feature sounds like a simple path finding algorithm. There may be another lens through which to view this instead of "balanced critique of technology". Describing this as "sick" seems somewhat hyperbolic. More generally, is it really technology that makes us anonymous or is it simply an emergent property of scale? When there are millions of similar engineers out there (to use a single field as an example) relying on word of mouth, or similar non-technological approaches seems unlikely to find the best candidate with any degree of probability.

vouaobrasil 3y ago
> There may be another lens through which to view this instead of "balanced critique of technology". Describing this as "sick" seems somewhat hyperbolic. Well, when I used the word "sick" I was referring to the entire technological complex, specifically how it influenced finding jobs, that was sick -- not just the invention itself. And sometimes it is necessary to pass strong judgment. What about everyone who raves about technology like it's the second coming? I hardly see anyone opposing their rabid enthusiasm. > is it really technology that makes us anonymous or is it simply an emergent property of scale? It can be both, but technology enables the scaling, and the scaling follows from our basal instincts to grab as much as possible. Therefore, the social development from the technological is almost unavoidable except under the watch of strict regulations and wisdom, which we DON'T have.