ddkper

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by ddkper 3y ago
Generally any mainstream news covering tech will cover it from an anti-tech or tech-skeptical stance. You really have to go out of your way to get the other side of the debate, which is why arguing that one of the few places that is more ch
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by ddkper 3y ago
But your fundamental ethics are something that can be changed by criticism and exposure to opposing viewpoints. If you have such a static view of your beliefs and opinions I would urge you to reflect on that. >>They are fully capable,
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by ddkper 3y ago
>> Basically I'd love to find a publication that's similar better reflects my values. Beware of an active search for an echo chamber. Because for example: >>it constantly runs the wrong way if you're at all skepti
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by ddkper 3y ago
The value accrues in the form of incentivizing new products and companies to enter the market. The two options these founders (and their investors) have to capitalize on building a good company is to either go public or get acquired. Severe
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by ddkper 3y ago
I'd argue they subconsciously but actively desire for things to go badly. Because anything that goes bad is an indictment of the system (usually capitalism). They are committed to an idea that our current system is evil and exploitativ
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by ddkper 3y ago
You can predict some use cases sure but not all. Thats what creativity is. To claim that anyone predicted TCP/IP would be used for half the things the internet powers today is laughable. In fact, for them to predict most of that would
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by ddkper 3y ago
You cant predict beforehand how a technology will be used or even what technology will be invented but you can adopt a philosophy that says on the whole scientific advancement is a positive, or on the whole it is negative. The pessimist pos
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by ddkper 3y ago
I mean it has some substance if you take those statements and then start to look at any news aggregator. I find the internet to be quite depressing and focused on the bad side of everything. I try to actively cultivate a more positive and o
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by ddkper 3y ago
Pessimists are so wrapped up in their ideology that you get the feeling they actively desire for humans to fail to improve things in the world. All technology is is the application of scientific knowledge to make something easier than it wa