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hexapus • today at 3:01 AM • 5 replies • view on HN

I've been saying for awhile now that the utility is increasingly undeniable. It's amazing technology and for better or worse, is transforming the tech industry (in particular). I just wish we lived in a world without the speculative bubbles, because if this had been developed slowly, deliberately, over time, there would be no necessity to cast aside troublesome details like safety, suitability, and ethics...and we could enjoy the fruits as it was implemented gradually, responsibly, as it matures. As opposed to going "wow, this is really cool, but gosh I feel shitty about using it..."

Nor would it have been thrust blindly into the hands of your manager, the marketing department, the CEO, and countless other folks who have no understanding of how it works, its limitations, or its risks.


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matwood • today at 6:57 AM

> I just wish we lived in a world without the speculative bubbles

Speculative bubbles, I.E. risk is where much of the capital comes from to develop these ideas to start. I’m not sure you can have one without the other.

littlecosmic • today at 6:05 AM

When you say “increasingly undeniable” do you mean that it’s already plainly undeniable and it’s getting more so? Or do you mean it is still a bit deniable but is threatening to become undeniable soon?

Onewildgamer • today at 5:18 AM

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ctkhn • today at 4:59 AM

A tech workers union or a stronger regulatory state could help with this but neither party has been that interested in either of those things for the last 50 years.

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