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soumlaut2 commented on Global Population Crash Isn't Sci-Fi Anymore   bloomberg.com/opinion/art... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
Well - there's like another thousands factors that compound this.. Meager examples: - For the last X number of decades it's been beat into the 1st worlds brain that humanity is a scourge on the Earth (climate change - pollution, deforestation, forever chemicals etc). - Common theme among young people that children as just a burden and would get in the way of you "experiencing the world" or "doing the things you really want to do". - Cost of everything seemingly pushed as far as society can take it.

Conditionally speaking, I feel like it's rather hard to be positively disposed to the idea of having children in America.

soumlaut2 commented on Taggers have sprayed graffiti on 27 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper   latimes.com/california/st... · Posted by u/perihelions
MSFT_Edging · 2 years ago
Disrespectful to who? Large capital holders who create blight?
soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
Pretend you like your job, your area, and your community for a moment - you come into work one day and you find out that someone had tagged your dumpster. Does it only degrade trash corp llc? Or you do you feel an effect? Does it echo outside your company, how do your neighbors perceive it?

Someone drives past, that has no overlap all at with any of those factors.. they're gonna have an internal reaction too.

I guess if someones a fan of burning society down you can make a pitch that there's some progress being made by someone spraying their tag handle on some symbol of capitalistic structures.. but I have a hard time seeing depth of meaning from an act that's usually ego-driven(tagging).

soumlaut2 commented on Ask HN: Is the internet a zero-sum game? is karma -ve and +ve globally zero?    · Posted by u/keepamovin
bell-cot · 2 years ago
In most ways, the total all human social karma is a zero-sum game. But human emotions are not.

The internet, by enabling and often rewarding a lot of nasty behavior - while "stealing" so much attention from the real world - is pretty plausibly a big net negative for human society. Especially on the emotions side.

(But since the set of people who are active on HN is fairly strongly biased toward the net "winners", plus those who want or hope to be winners, I don't expect these assertions to go over well here:)

soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
I think it's still accurate if someone looks outside their own bubble.

Communication, opportunity, and opening a world of experiences are definite positives and I'd say a necessary growth path; but the current structure and experiences includes an infinite amount of negative.

It would've been nice if we could've avoided the 'systemic filth' (not talking sexual, more just the ever growing mass of problems associated with digital existence) or shown more care/thought when it comes to the effects on people beyond the 'hey look a shiny new idea'(and maybe not just leaning into creations even harder because there's a audience for it), but it kinda comes with the territory with human growth.

TLDR: A mildly nihilistic take overall, oops.

soumlaut2 commented on China's EV maker BYD has carmakers around the world 'in shock' over its prices   fortune.com/2024/01/06/by... · Posted by u/belter
avidiax · 2 years ago
> Even today, BYD’s Dolphin hatchback starts at $33,000 in Britain, according to Reuters, or nearly 30% below the starting price of the VW’s rival ID.3 hatchback.

> Mexico has a free trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada. In November, House lawmakers warned about Chinese giants like BYD “gaining a back door to the U.S. market” through the southern neighbor.

Kinda odd for lawmakers to be the creators of that back door (in search of cheaper production for US automakers) and then complain that someone else might use it.

soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
They're probably just angry because there's no obvious path with BYD for them to provide kickbacks and become a board member after their 'public service' stint.
soumlaut2 commented on Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get it in the air   seattletimes.com/business... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
Is this why Nikki Haley is getting a push? (:
soumlaut2 commented on AI-created "virtual influencers" are stealing business from humans   arstechnica.com/ai/2023/1... · Posted by u/thunderbong
soumlaut2 · 2 years ago
Good - anything we can do that minimizes the amount of influencer-related personality disorders we have in society the better. (:

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