I think HN is too political like this tech is clearly amazing and it’s great they shipped it there should be more props even if it’s a billion dollar company.
I think HN is too political like this tech is clearly amazing and it’s great they shipped it there should be more props even if it’s a billion dollar company.
There's a great lyric from ELUCID I think about when people say stuff like this:
> I don't have the privilege to think everything ain't political
i guess what I am saying is, though everything is political, it doesn't ahve to be "so" political.
Yeah I suppose so, most comments on this kinda thing are not really discussing the technology in a vacuum. I imagine it's due to the quite cynical nature of HN at this particular time period where society is fundamentally shifting, in arguably a negative direction, with this kind of technology as one of the main reasons. I haven't been on HN for that long, what was it like 5-10 years ago? I'm curious how it will be in 5-10 years.
Yes the tech is amazing. But tech is not everything, after 20 years of social media, its pretty clear to everyone that those things can have large long term impact both positive and negative for society, discussing the potential impacts of the tech is not being "political", its just being interested in the future.
Im not sure, what if society only learns through hardships?
Well certainly if you don’t want us to discuss the possible implications ahead, then yes we can only close our eyes and learn from hardship once it’s there, but then what do we learn ? To not close our eyes next time ? We could just do that like now.
I think it depends on the time and place. So in this context it doesnt matter too much, its a billion dollar company, but if it was a guy with a project he just spent all year on, publishing it on HN for the first time, I would expect people to focus less on teh politics and more on the achievement which is something I dont see too often, unless the work is stellar. Perhaps there is just a high bar on HN