> Oh god people actually go on a hinge date to axe throwing and think it’s the real world.

My experience with dating apps was mostly awful, but then I met my wife on one. Now we’re happily married with 3 kids.

Axe throwing is just a business fad like so many before it. This started long before the internet.

Pinball arcades, video game arcades, tanning salons, self storage, frozen yogurt. The list goes on and on.

Not sure what my point is, I guess it’s mostly this has nothing to do with the internet or with now. If the author were writing this in the 80s he’d be complaining about people hanging out in malls.

If it were written in the 50s he’d be complaining about drive-in movies and restaurants, and tract houses. Go back earlier and he’d probably be complaining about electrification.

To be fair I think we should be more intentional about our adoption of technology, but nostalgia is a hell of a drug that is best avoided.

While I agree with you, that disagreement with the author (and not in a my side vs. your side talking point kinda way) is one of the things I liked. I don't think anyone other than geohot himself would agree with the full thing, but that's his point.

>I’ve been scraping dating sites and feeding them to ChatGPT, and it’s amazing how few of the profiles still say anything about the person. There are no rough edges, it’s basically marketing copy. Reflected back and forth in their heads with this “society” mirror so many times that there’s no identity or coherence left, just a mush of diffuse monochrome light.

You are a good consumer, consumer451, because you don't judge other consumers' consumption habits.