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simianwordslast Friday at 7:01 PM1 replyview on HN

“ However, the overall track record for technology being revolutionary on its own is poor. For the last 20-some-odd years, technological progress has been reduced to maximizing attention in the form of gimmicks, addiction, and apps nobody needs. It’s hardly the sci-fi future many once wrote about. ”

Ah yes all technological progress like AI, EVs and biotech are all bad because social media bad. Why is this article taken seriously


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aetagjlast Friday at 7:10 PM

AI is a gimmick and most money goes into distracting Internet and advertising tech.

We can barely reach the moon again.

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