alt Hacker NewsI’m not sure it’s necessarily a given that what Jobs, Gates, and Carmack created are net-positives when talking on a civilizational scale.
Though Carmack certainly gets credit for keeping me entertained for a good portion of my youth.
And gates probably gets some civilizational credit for what he’s done with his wealth after he made it.
Replies
I am under the impression that a big part of the current AI progress is the result of the availability of chips that were created for gaming.
personal computing is inseparable from technological progress, and has been wildly positive for humanity
>And gates probably gets some civilizational credit for what he’s done with his wealth after he made it.
Hang out with Epstein so much that he gave his wife and STD and then hid that knowledge from her, sneaking medicine to manage it into her food?
I’m sitting here in Denmark having been affected by these geeks. They may not have built the Pantheon, but surely they have channeled a group of people’s creativity towards something we have integrated into our society?