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When I look at the problems in my life, in my country, or in the world around me, not once has it occurred to me that they were due to a lack of advanced patter
by yupitsme123 1y ago
When I look at the problems in my life, in my country, or in the world around me, not once has it occurred to me that they were due to a lack of advanced pattern recognition or DNA prediction.
When people were dying of hunger then being able to create more food was obviously a huge win. Likewise for creating light where people used to live in darkness.
But contemporary technologies solve non-problems and take us closer to a future no one asked for, when all we want is cheaper rent, cheaper healthcare, and less corruption.
- suthakamal 1y agoYou don’t think protein folding and dna prediction will yield better healthcare?
- yupitsme123 1y agoI said cheaper. Not better. What difference does it make if it's better if only a few people can afford it. I also don't accept longer lifespans as something that is always worth pursuing. You also didn't address my point that those technologies do nothing to solve the real problems that real people want solved. There's a strong possibility that they'll just exacerbate them.
- suthakamal 1y agoI guess your argument could be leveled against any transformational technology, from the industrial age through to the internet (which many doubted would have any meaningful economic impact, and clearly didn't solve many of the most pressing problems of the day for humanity).