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Which parts of the article do you disagree with?

nephihaha 10mo ago
I discuss that elsewhere. The feudal tag is inaccurate. The USA is not feudal minded, at least not yet. Europe is far more feudal in its deference to the authorities. (I live in Europe by the way.) Also you can't have a feudal system when the peasantry have been replaced by machines which is the end game here. Feudalism is parasitic but it still requires goods and services to flow up from below. When your food, defence and goods are all supplied by robots or AI, then that is not the case.
- petre 10mo ago
  > Also you can't have a feudal system when the peasantry have been replaced by machines which is the end game here. Feudalism is parasitic but it still requires goods and services to flow up from below. When your food, defence and goods are all supplied by robots or AI, then that is not the case. Do machines drive your Uber ride? Deliver your food? No. They assign jobs to gig workers. Those are the serfs. Your goods and services are by people managed by AI. Yes, I know, FSD is just around the corner rendering truck and taxi drivers obsolete. /s
  - nephihaha 10mo ago
    I have boycotted Uber and dodgy food delivery companies from the beginning because of their zero hours contracts... I've never used Uber in my entire life.
    - petre 10mo ago
      Imagine you're in London. How you pick a restaurant for dinner? Do you simply walk into a restaurant or do you use Google too feed you a list of 'curated' venues? Because in the latter case both you and the restaurants (along with their owners, employees) are subject to FAANG's central planning. And that's exactly how people end up in tourist traps. https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-al...
      - seec 10mo ago
        For some reason you seem to believe that the old-school solution of just walking into the neighborhood and picking something that looks good has completely disappeared. It is not the case and, I would argue, is still restaurants primary business. People also consistently share advice/tips on restaurants to try, and that largely escapes tech control. And even a well-reviewed/noted restaurant isn't immune to people's choices. As someone who has restaurant owner friends, I can assure you that tech companies have very little impact on the restaurant's success/survival.

I discuss that elsewhere. The feudal tag is inaccurate. The USA is not feudal minded, at least not yet. Europe is far more feudal in its deference to the authorities. (I live in Europe by the way.) Also you can't have a feudal system when the peasantry have been replaced by machines which is the end game here. Feudalism is parasitic but it still requires goods and services to flow up from below. When your food, defence and goods are all supplied by robots or AI, then that is not the case.

petre 10mo ago
> Also you can't have a feudal system when the peasantry have been replaced by machines which is the end game here. Feudalism is parasitic but it still requires goods and services to flow up from below. When your food, defence and goods are all supplied by robots or AI, then that is not the case. Do machines drive your Uber ride? Deliver your food? No. They assign jobs to gig workers. Those are the serfs. Your goods and services are by people managed by AI. Yes, I know, FSD is just around the corner rendering truck and taxi drivers obsolete. /s
- nephihaha 10mo ago
  I have boycotted Uber and dodgy food delivery companies from the beginning because of their zero hours contracts... I've never used Uber in my entire life.
  - petre 10mo ago
    Imagine you're in London. How you pick a restaurant for dinner? Do you simply walk into a restaurant or do you use Google too feed you a list of 'curated' venues? Because in the latter case both you and the restaurants (along with their owners, employees) are subject to FAANG's central planning. And that's exactly how people end up in tourist traps. https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-al...
    - seec 10mo ago
      For some reason you seem to believe that the old-school solution of just walking into the neighborhood and picking something that looks good has completely disappeared. It is not the case and, I would argue, is still restaurants primary business. People also consistently share advice/tips on restaurants to try, and that largely escapes tech control. And even a well-reviewed/noted restaurant isn't immune to people's choices. As someone who has restaurant owner friends, I can assure you that tech companies have very little impact on the restaurant's success/survival.