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This is scary, we are loosing diversity at an incredible rate.
by 31reasons 14y ago
This is scary, we are loosing diversity at an incredible rate.
- Swizec 14y agoIt stands to reason, therefore, that humans do not want this diversity.
- freshhawk 14y agoBecause humans are rational actors with perfect foresight? What on earth would make you think that this leap "stands to reason"?
- padfoot 14y agoAnd the ability to spell as well.
- lelandbatey 14y agoOf all the conclusions to be drawn from this observation, I believe yours is the most pessimistic. I'm much more excited by the fact that information was able to quickly traverse national and language barriers, making it's way all around the globe to catch up with where it began in such a short time. That's pretty amazing if you ask me!
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoSome forms of diversity we want to lose - the current Syrian culture stands as a good example, China's own culture of terrible human rights abuses is another. On a more usual definition of culture diversity of attitude towards race or sexuality covers diverse opinions such as the KKK and that guy who protests at gay funerals. Not all diversity is positive - and given that the norms on the forums this passed through are themselves widely different is a indication of how culture will disconnect slightly from geography. A genepool is strong if it has variety and if it can spread the beneficial genes widely. This can be dichotomous, but trust me 4chan proves generating a wide variety of memes quickly is something we can do.
- freshhawk 14y agoHeh, not surprising that comment isn't popular among the group of people who are currently exporting their worldview. Harder to see the harm in it when it's your culture that's becoming the monoculture. That's the "good one"!
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoI don't think that's entirely fair - we can safely assume the Chinese tech forum techsmth has a techie culture, because to the relevance of the rant. That does not mean they do not have heavy influences from their own (and from a quick surf-by Japanese) culture - lots of threads on photos from the 70s and what was it like then. They will export back. Just because all the money in Hollywood is forcing young pretty WASP vampires at us does not mean its the only way to express oneself
- freshhawk 14y agoYeah, it's not just a one way thing. "Western" culture and American in particular is mostly exporting at the moment. I just found it quite funny that a pro diversity comment was downvoted and so disagreed with (well, it was when I posted) here. The startup culture (that HN had a large part in defining) is extremely monolithic and really skewed to exporting ideas right now. Sure, it's happy to import arguments or small ideas from anywhere, but only if they don't disturb the core philosophy. I feel a powerful need to poke at people, especially smart ones, when they seem to be knee jerk supporting the status quo. Just a good/bad habit of mine.
- sovande 14y agoIronic since the original comment complaints about too much diversity. Just because a good rant is recognised across cultures does not imply a loss of diversity. Somethings are just common on this planet, like gravity.
- amercade 14y agoI don't think this implies we are losing diversity. Internet makes easy to connect with like minded people and share information. That sounds good. Like minded people around the globe becomes more alike? Maybe. But just in the field they share. And they started with similar interests anyway.