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On deeper reflection, this apparently trivial "tech-news-pc-item" has more significance to me than just another signpost on the socio-sexual-cultural degenerati
by nacker 14y ago
On deeper reflection, this apparently trivial "tech-news-pc-item" has more significance to me than just another signpost on the socio-sexual-cultural degeneration narrative that I see being played out every day.
I was an early reader of Wired, and at one point in the 90's I was proud of my complete collection going back to the second issue. A very long time ago, both for "culture" and for me. I have always been one of those people who are ahead of "culture" by five to ten years - and this has not been necessarily a good thing, more of a burden, in fact.
It is, of course, pretty random that this news-snippet should mention the movement of a male writer from Wired to a Robot-focussed publication, with the additional laugh-tag of his possible replacement by an affirmative-action femnerd. But is this indicative of a something more general, and novel?
Wired used to be a tech mag for techies about the internet. Now the internet seems to be more and more focussed on (crap) like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc.
Women's stuff, and (yeah, I am unapologetically un-PC about everything) 20-something BS. It's beginning to feel really old and suffocating.
Where are the MEN going? It seems to me that they are heading for hardware. Robots. 3D Printing. Drones. It's not about money. It's about getting away from the goddamn women. I really think this is the ur-impulse that took us from the caves to where we are today. Discuss.
- marshallp 14y agoThat's why I submitted it. The new thing is robots but the mainstream still thinks web is the new tech. As people shift to mobile, the ad revenue won't be there, google's already experiencing this. The smart money's going to robotics, as it should. There's way more money and societal value in disrupting the physical world.
- nacker 14y agoDamn! marshallp, I didn't realize your intent! What can I say? You are absolutely right, in bucketloads!
- marshallp 14y agoYesh, I'm trying to intentionally seed HN with machine learning, robotics, immortality tech (focused ultrasound, radiosurgery) to break the web filter bubble. PG and his crew should be getting into the AI/biomed bubble.
- nacker 14y agoPG and his crew are guaranteed to be far outside the AI/biomed bubble. You need to talk to the Chinese soon, Bubba. Try Goertzel.
- venus 14y agoMaybe there can be two new things? I am VERY interested in robots but I don't think web is "done", not even close. We are not even 10% into the potential of the internet. Maybe not even 1%. And IMO mobile doesn't need ad revenue because mobile has apps/micropayments (same thing).