alt Hacker NewsAt scale no group is against its own personal interests. It sucks and it’s hypocritical and annoying, but that’s humans.
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ceejayoz • yesterday at 6:56 PM
> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.
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JuniperMesos • yesterday at 6:38 PM
Why is it inherently good for a group to be against its own personal interests? Whose interests should a group favor instead?
dec0dedab0de • yesterday at 6:38 PM
Programmers are, because we keep encouraging AI to replace us.
> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.
Of course they are. That's the whole point of scapegoating: convincing people that their problems are caused by another group while actually working against their interests.