I wonder if this is how it always was, with elites and non elites, except now it’s all just in the open.
The super wealthy of today have zero class and it really shows.
Additionally many of todays elites have a social-darwinistic view where everybody that is not on top actively deserves to suffer and perish.
And this unfortunately falls together with the moment where AI reduces the number of real people ultrarich people need to control a population to a historic minimum. It is going to get much worse, before it is going to get better.
As an IT professional I don't have to put up with grave injustices like less than optimal rent seeking for myself and friends.
Whatever decision I come to is basically the results of a science experiment. Of course, the results of the experiment just prove I am always right. If the results proved otherwise then obviously there was something flawed in the method and design of the experiment.
Science is the method that proves what my friends and I thought all along was not just true but to think otherwise proves you are an immoral person. Unlike my friends and I that the experiments prove we are the good guys.
If this wasn't true, my salary would be much less. "the market is always right"
Information wants to be ? How naive.
Information wants to be commoditized, but that process is amoral unless I am getting a cut as a rent seeker.
If I am getting paid then it is just a form of darwinism and to think otherwise is to be anti-science.
If someone else is getting paid then obviously whatever we are talking about is a great injustice.
(Because I feel proponents of generative AI appear to play the "info wants to be free" card as well.)
> diluting tech’s understanding of “ethical” and “empathy” into meaninglessness
That's the overarching motive not only in tech, but in culture and business as well. It was a long ride and even caught the lefties, anarchists, anybody on the outer rim, really, while turning the right wing and any kind of extremists into the opposite: people with meaning and order as ethics and empathy for people who want these ethics. It's so strange and twisted sometimes but if you look at tech and AI, the picture, via analogies, becomes clear.
araes•6mo ago
Bill Wolf - "Being born on 4/20 is unprofessional."
"Upon reviewing your application materials, we found that the information provided in regards to your birthdate on LinkedIn, specifically 4/20, seems inconsistent with the professional standards we uphold within our organization. While we appreciate individuality, we also prioritize a professional and mature approach in all aspects of our work environment."
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wolfbill_being-born-on-420-is...
throwawayoldie•6mo ago
It's clearly his parents who were being unprofessional, by conceiving him on 7/20.
atoav•6mo ago
PicassoCTs•6mo ago