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I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this. This attitude will get you nowhere in life. It historically never has and in the future it never w

by poorman 6mo ago

I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this. This attitude will get you nowhere in life. It historically never has and in the future it never will.

pjerem 6mo ago
I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this : lol
danesparza 6mo ago
Hmmm ... there is definitely historical precedence for the article's assertions. There is also precedence for what happens when such a big wealth imbalance is present (spoiler: it's a revolution). This article is methodical in its points. Your retort reads like an easily dismissed hot take.
- hluska 6mo ago
  And your retort (and this report) are doom and gloom. Humans are remarkably good at adapting and have adapted through far worse conditions than economic systems. The negative net is easy and very popular today but positivity is just as possible. It’s all about how you read data and there’s a lot of room for interpretation. If you’ve fallen for the doom that’s on you but calling something with so much historical precedence as hope for humanity ‘an easily dismissed hot take’ doesn’t make you look very bright.
  - pixl97 6mo ago
    >And your retort (and this report) are doom and gloom. Dinosaurs are remarkably good at adapting and have adapted through far worse conditions than _______, hell, they were around 99 million years longer than humans. Species go extinct all the time, most species go though all kinds of things before then, so there is nearly zero correlation between surviving something bad in the past and surviving something else bad in the future. Modern humanity is not anti-fragile any longer like we were in the past.
- disgruntledphd2 6mo ago
  The articles argument is fine, but it takes as an axiom that AI is better right now at much cognitive work. I haven't found that to be true in the tasks I've looked at. It's certainly cheaper and faster, so there's potential for it to unlock more demand but I'm sceptical that current models will replace a large fraction of knowledge work.
pibaker 6mo ago
> When Nick is not at a computer, you can find him out racing sailboats and involved with various entrepreneurial ventures. Says the man who is going to be the feudal lord in GP's scenario…
- guzfip 6mo ago
  Nah thats petty nobility that will get wiped out for taking the wrong side in the first dick measuring war lmao.
- caconym_ 6mo ago
  The man who thinks he's going to be the feudal lord in GGP's scenario. In GGP's scenario, there isn't much room at the top. :)
lukev 6mo ago
That's right -- the best way to succeed within a system is to hustle as hard as you can, and definitely don't stop to question the system itself.
- keiferski 6mo ago
  Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I think this is actually good advice. It's great to be a free-thinker and question things, but I do think there is some (monetary) value in just not asking too many questions, but optimizing to be the best at whatever you're doing. Edit: to give an example, I probably would have done better in school had I spent less time questioning the education system and more time just accepting it and trying to get good grades.
  - tartoran 6mo ago
    Yeah, succeed in the system, fuck everybody else. If the system is making the world a worse place, all the better, you can take advantage since you’re in the system. All that until you find yourself spat out by the system and get to experience what you’ve been part of with no recourse.
    - keiferski 6mo ago
      Your interpretation of the comment in this way says more about you than anything else. Because that's not what I or the parent comment said.
      - defrim 6mo ago
        and your conclusion on this situation says a lot about your current state of economic privilege and/or ignorance
    - guzfip 6mo ago
      [flagged]
  - pearlsontheroad 6mo ago
Faaak 6mo ago
You can use AI because you know its good for you, but still think it won't make all people better off
rTX5CMRXIfFG 6mo ago
Historical data is never a guarantee of future performance. The downside of your attitude is that you can’t really point at the right thing to do, so then you invest your time and effort on the same things, when it could be the case that the rules of the game have changed. I don’t see the comment as necessarily defeatist. If anything, it’s an invitation to rethink what might work instead, and whether there are things worth lobbying for/against beyond what can be solved at the individual level.
thrance 6mo ago
> I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this. This attitude will get you nowhere in life. It historically never has and in the future it never will. I'm picturing a 12th century French feudal lord saying these words to some of his serfs complaining from a lack of firewood.

by poorman 6mo ago

I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this. This attitude will get you nowhere in life. It historically never has and in the future it never will.

pjerem 6mo ago

I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this : lol

danesparza 6mo ago

Hmmm ... there is definitely historical precedence for the article's assertions. There is also precedence for what happens when such a big wealth imbalance is present (spoiler: it's a revolution). This article is methodical in its points. Your retort reads like an easily dismissed hot take.

hluska 6mo ago
And your retort (and this report) are doom and gloom. Humans are remarkably good at adapting and have adapted through far worse conditions than economic systems. The negative net is easy and very popular today but positivity is just as possible. It’s all about how you read data and there’s a lot of room for interpretation. If you’ve fallen for the doom that’s on you but calling something with so much historical precedence as hope for humanity ‘an easily dismissed hot take’ doesn’t make you look very bright.
- pixl97 6mo ago
  >And your retort (and this report) are doom and gloom. Dinosaurs are remarkably good at adapting and have adapted through far worse conditions than _______, hell, they were around 99 million years longer than humans. Species go extinct all the time, most species go though all kinds of things before then, so there is nearly zero correlation between surviving something bad in the past and surviving something else bad in the future. Modern humanity is not anti-fragile any longer like we were in the past.
disgruntledphd2 6mo ago
The articles argument is fine, but it takes as an axiom that AI is better right now at much cognitive work. I haven't found that to be true in the tasks I've looked at. It's certainly cheaper and faster, so there's potential for it to unlock more demand but I'm sceptical that current models will replace a large fraction of knowledge work.

pibaker 6mo ago

> When Nick is not at a computer, you can find him out racing sailboats and involved with various entrepreneurial ventures. Says the man who is going to be the feudal lord in GP's scenario…

guzfip 6mo ago
Nah thats petty nobility that will get wiped out for taking the wrong side in the first dick measuring war lmao.
caconym_ 6mo ago
The man who thinks he's going to be the feudal lord in GGP's scenario. In GGP's scenario, there isn't much room at the top. :)

lukev 6mo ago

That's right -- the best way to succeed within a system is to hustle as hard as you can, and definitely don't stop to question the system itself.

keiferski 6mo ago
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I think this is actually good advice. It's great to be a free-thinker and question things, but I do think there is some (monetary) value in just not asking too many questions, but optimizing to be the best at whatever you're doing. Edit: to give an example, I probably would have done better in school had I spent less time questioning the education system and more time just accepting it and trying to get good grades.
- tartoran 6mo ago
  Yeah, succeed in the system, fuck everybody else. If the system is making the world a worse place, all the better, you can take advantage since you’re in the system. All that until you find yourself spat out by the system and get to experience what you’ve been part of with no recourse.
  - keiferski 6mo ago
    Your interpretation of the comment in this way says more about you than anything else. Because that's not what I or the parent comment said.
    - defrim 6mo ago
      and your conclusion on this situation says a lot about your current state of economic privilege and/or ignorance
  - guzfip 6mo ago
    [flagged]
- pearlsontheroad 6mo ago

Faaak 6mo ago

You can use AI because you know its good for you, but still think it won't make all people better off

rTX5CMRXIfFG 6mo ago

Historical data is never a guarantee of future performance. The downside of your attitude is that you can’t really point at the right thing to do, so then you invest your time and effort on the same things, when it could be the case that the rules of the game have changed. I don’t see the comment as necessarily defeatist. If anything, it’s an invitation to rethink what might work instead, and whether there are things worth lobbying for/against beyond what can be solved at the individual level.

thrance 6mo ago

> I am going to say this for all the people thinking like this. This attitude will get you nowhere in life. It historically never has and in the future it never will. I'm picturing a 12th century French feudal lord saying these words to some of his serfs complaining from a lack of firewood.