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The evidence suggesting that society is deteriorating and we have less thinking and more following going on just isn't there. Its completely the opposite. More
by FreedomToCreate 11y ago
The evidence suggesting that society is deteriorating and we have less thinking and more following going on just isn't there. Its completely the opposite. More people are developing technologies in small groups, thanks to the democratization of resources like powerful hardware. No more is creativity to create and progress limited to Universities and Government. We have more time to spend with each other than salving away in repetitive and soul sucking jobs and religious dogma is manipulating less and less people. Explain to me how things are getting worse and worse please?
- cobaltblue 11y ago> thanks to the democratization of resources like powerful hardware (Em mine.) I have a problem, my rig's not very powerful. Where can I vote to get a better rig? Or does my rig do the voting weighted by its power? (http://lesswrong.com/lw/jb/applause_lights/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/jb/applause_lights/)
- FreedomToCreate 11y agoBy democratization of powerful hardware I meant the democratization of technology which refers to the process by which access to technology rapidly continues to become more accessible to more people(definition from Wikipedia).
- quietplatypus 11y agoDeveloping tech in small groups, making multiple versions of the same social media apps / manual labor explotation apps lol, while all thinking they will make it big, while sucking up to VC's. You could not have picked a worse example. I'd say universities and government are actually the only institutiona left where one can really do the work you are talking about, and even that is with significant capitulation to the economy in order to continue existing. We have a new religioua dogma now: capitalism, make more money than the next guy, everything is exchangeable, what you cannot pay for doesnt exist.