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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   I think adjacent to this is an element of reduced risk taking from younger people because the stakes are much higher (or at least feel much higher). I've worked with so many smart and talented grads who have seemingly planned their liv
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   I think this is true but the original point still stands. Online world now definitely plays a bigger role but I'd still suspect that for the majority online issues/drama are still a small % of what their real world looks like. Des
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   There has recently been many looks at the epidemic in gambling. Wonder how all of the focus seem to happen at the same time Off the top of my head: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/great-bri.
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   This is interesting. How does that work? Some new form of SEO optimisation?
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   Come on mate let's be serious here. Monopolistic actions can stop local competition through completely legitimate means (such as temporarily selling products at a loss in a way which smaller competitors cannot due to access to more pal
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   I am also very interested in this change. Is it just a second order effect on engagement targeting on a wider scale? Like it's always been the case news and the Internet slants towards the negative ends of things I think but the gap be
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   And what happens if the chains are also "slop" but have more capital to continue to dominate a location thereby stopping any potential smaller, but better, local competitor from entering the market? Is that better for the local co
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   Agreed. It seems inevitable to me that the only valid social networks (social media or forum) will be some sort of semi-locked/curated kingdoms. As bot traffic and engagement increases on the Web the appeal surely starts to decline? Es
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   by cal_dent 1y ago

   Hahaha eeesh that 2nd sentence took a turn
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    Think most people do get this. More technology, more growth and innovation is fantastic and people see the benefits (even its taken for granted at times). The problem is the in-between stage between new technology and huge society ramificat
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5-lDJWCUAAwfya.jpg
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    Thanks for this rec
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    While I agree housing situation keeps getting worse year by year, I do wonder if we need to consider that historical comparison like these have become increasingly meaningless? It's certainly not a good thing but part of the second ord
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    No one is obligated to like anything because someone else likes it. It doesn't work for you, it's a big whole world out there and this is just one of may subjective representations of it. On the point about punctuation, you just i
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    I do always think there is some truth to the classic reddit post that says most of what you read on the internet is written by someone insane https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most..
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    It is what it is. But surely the difference here, and a pretty galling difference, is that the 299 candidates are now “wasting” double the amount of time than pre-ai times. Time spent doing the traditional application process + now an addit
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    I think there is some truth this. But there is also another plausible scenario, where styles now change far quicker than we probably expect. We as a society get bored after an x amount of time. That time has potentially shortened now as the
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    Its interesting, to me anyway, that most people seem to be in agreement that the core problem is that there's too much information in the world. But the common solution from a tech perspective, and downstream to broader culture by defa
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    True. This is a fair point
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    by cal_dent 1y ago

    Feels strange watching an organisation of this size and scale (monetarily speaking) that seems to have no real clear idea on what product they want to deliver/or think would be a useful output essentially vibeproduce based on incomplet
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    by cal_dent 2y ago

    I do think there's truth to this. It's a big problem in the UK and a good illustration particularly as London has been the real source of economic growth for the country as a whole thereby resulting in that concentration you menti