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Ask HN: How optimistic are you about the future of tech?

3•julienreszka•3w ago

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binary132•3w ago
Very.

I think that we are currently undergoing a sort of Cambrian explosion of awful slop that will inevitably starve itself of resources and die off.

After that process completes, a small core of human-only, anti-“social”, resilient software will remain efficient and usable.

This software will serve as the foundation for a future that prioritizes efficiency (both of hardware and financial resources), maintainability, extensibility, etc.

Much of what we imagine as futuristic software features today will be tomorrow’s corny yesteryear. Tomorrow’s software will be much more utilitarian.

Unfortunately, most users will still probably be trapped in dark-patterned software like Facebook, but the ever-increasing abusiveness of such platforms for the sake of extracting profit growth from a stable or shrinking userbase will drive more and more people to the new world.

I'm 15 and built a free tool for reading Greek/Latin texts. Would love feedback

https://the-lexicon-project.netlify.app/
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You are the reason I am not reviewing this PR

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