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Some people are against all kinds of progress. They don't understand that their life depends on progress that was made in the past.

vouaobrasil 1y ago
That does not imply that future progress is a good thing, nor does it imply that future progress will even be useful to the majority. It boggles my mind how some people make the logical inference that "all progress is good" based on "some past progress was useful".
- toenail 1y ago
  Do you think that having fast, distraction-free access to relevant information is not useful?
  - djeastm 1y ago
    It is useful, but it assumes the information is trustworthy. At least with websites you could discern some credibility based on the organization publishing the information. With AI summaries, it's just "Google's latest model seems to think this is the answer, good luck!"
    - toenail 1y ago
      You can always follow the source links.. or ask for them..
  - vouaobrasil 1y ago
    I think it's too much information to handle, and that information can interfere with the enjoymnet of what we already have. It might be useful in an economic sense, but its usefulness to life is questionable. Personally, I think it's not such a good thing after all.
simianwords 1y ago
This is because they have entrenched themselves in a comfortable position that they don’t want to give up. Most won’t admit this to be the actual reason. Think about it: you are a normal hands on self thought software developer. You grew up tinkering with Linux and a bit of hardware. You realise there’s good money to be made in a software career. You do it for 20-30 years; mostly the same stuff over and over again. Some Linux, c#, networking. Your life and hobby revolves around these technologies. And most importantly you have a comfortable and stable income that entrenches your class and status. Anything that can disrupt this state is obviously not desireable. Never mind that disrupting others careers is why you have a career in the first place.
- righthand 1y ago
  C#?
contagiousflow 1y ago
You think every new technology is inherently a good thing and good for society?
lelanthran 1y ago
> Some people are against all kinds of progress. They don't understand that their life depends on progress that was made in the past. Not all change is progress. You can't point at some random change and declare "Progress!". This is a change. It likely is progress, but at this point there's still a chance that it is not progress.

vouaobrasil 1y ago

That does not imply that future progress is a good thing, nor does it imply that future progress will even be useful to the majority. It boggles my mind how some people make the logical inference that "all progress is good" based on "some past progress was useful".

toenail 1y ago
Do you think that having fast, distraction-free access to relevant information is not useful?
- djeastm 1y ago
  It is useful, but it assumes the information is trustworthy. At least with websites you could discern some credibility based on the organization publishing the information. With AI summaries, it's just "Google's latest model seems to think this is the answer, good luck!"
  - toenail 1y ago
    You can always follow the source links.. or ask for them..
- vouaobrasil 1y ago
  I think it's too much information to handle, and that information can interfere with the enjoymnet of what we already have. It might be useful in an economic sense, but its usefulness to life is questionable. Personally, I think it's not such a good thing after all.

simianwords 1y ago

This is because they have entrenched themselves in a comfortable position that they don’t want to give up. Most won’t admit this to be the actual reason. Think about it: you are a normal hands on self thought software developer. You grew up tinkering with Linux and a bit of hardware. You realise there’s good money to be made in a software career. You do it for 20-30 years; mostly the same stuff over and over again. Some Linux, c#, networking. Your life and hobby revolves around these technologies. And most importantly you have a comfortable and stable income that entrenches your class and status. Anything that can disrupt this state is obviously not desireable. Never mind that disrupting others careers is why you have a career in the first place.

righthand 1y ago
C#?

contagiousflow 1y ago

You think every new technology is inherently a good thing and good for society?

lelanthran 1y ago

> Some people are against all kinds of progress. They don't understand that their life depends on progress that was made in the past. Not all change is progress. You can't point at some random change and declare "Progress!". This is a change. It likely is progress, but at this point there's still a chance that it is not progress.