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Ugh I hate this new-age woo slant the tech industry has these days. The messianistic ideology that has been spreading amongst the top oligarchs is deeply concer
by vrganj 1mo ago
Ugh I hate this new-age woo slant the tech industry has these days. The messianistic ideology that has been spreading amongst the top oligarchs is deeply concerning.
They all think they're working towards the Second Coming of Technojesus, except this one will deliver them from having to pay workers instead of from their sins.
- coliveira 29d agoCapitalism had already evolved into a religion, AI is their messiah.
- vrganj 29d agoIndeed. I went into this at a bit more depth a while ago over here, where I also try to draw some conclusions on what that means for us: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49328871 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49328871
- ethbr1 29d ago> Ugh I hate this new-age woo slant the tech industry has these days. As opposed to the Macintosh era? ;) The only reason the early web hype didn't have woo was because it's hard to wax poetic about a bunch of gray pizza boxes spinning in a closet.