I'm not so sure if that assessment is true, but regardless of that, it also doesn't matter.
replyDecisions in tooling are not made by the 99% of the population, but a subset that is likely a lot more tuned-in to all this. After all, that is kinda their job so that they can make good decisions
Agree, but I don't think the 1% that make the decisions share our viewpoint. They like Musk, Altman, et al
replyCounterpoint: if that was the case, Musk and Thiel wouldn't as successful as they are.
replyOur modern capitalist societies are, at the very least, amoral.
But isn't that assessment mostly just looking at the 2010s and extrapolating from that?
replyAnd back then, the world was very different. ZIRP, cryptocurrencies, infinite highs, peak social media. All that stuff
> As a French person myself, I think this antipathy is less strong in non-English speaking countries, where the population (even if they understand English) is less exposed to the antisocial rants of these megalomaniac idiots.
replyGerman here, every stupid utterance of at least the orange clown makes national headlines here. Frankly I wish our populations were more exposed to the utter buffoonery of the rest of the American wannabe elites, maybe people would then not go and type their deepest fears into ChatGPT.