26 Apr
2024
26 Apr
'24
11:01 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 01:51:48PM -0700, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM Tomasz Rola via cctalk
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cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Well, if you are into this kind of stuff (I am)... Stross is an s-f
> author, formerly a programmer (ages ago but I think it still shows -
> perhaps he secretly writes his own tools in Perl) and he has a
> blog. This time, he explores the idea that internet "bub" delivered on
> its promises, rather than sucking investors up.
[...]
I stopped reading when I got to this part:
"...and it's clearly being
pumped up by fascist-adjacent straight white males with an unadmitted
political agenda, namely to shore up the structures of privilege and
entitlement that keep them wealthy."
Seems like a hormonal problem.
Oh? Maybe. The thing is, I may read Stross (and other people) to feed
my own opinion making machine but I do not necessarily endorse all of
theirs. In a "good old bad times" I was growing up with agitprop
coming at me in full spectrum - from things which were obvious
manipulation to subtle, gentle pulling of strings with one or two
words. I guess my brain learned to notice what was transparent enough
to be noticed, mark it with red circle and move on - thus I noticed
the words you mentioned and moved on to his remarks about OS/2, Linux
and Newton (because my brain found those to be more interesting).
As of his mentioning of fas*-leaning groups who want to use AI (and
other modern tech) in order to propel themselves, I am not sure if you
agree that such groups exist or not. Myself, I am willing to believe
that yes, humans have wast potential to misuse any good
invention... and while some humans may think it is good to screw some
"others", I believe it all comes back to them, only later and no
matter if they want it or allow it, they still receive it. Probably. I
do not mean some higher being and legendary Judgement, I only mean
laws of physics, psychology and other such things (kind of, if one
shits too much into a river, because it all flows down to other guy,
one may finally notice that rain became somewhat smelly - as it
becomes obvious when watching the news nowadays). Looking back, what
seemed great around 1995, like certain Manifestos from that time,
nowadays seem to me as very naive, now that I grew older and learned a
bit about ways of the world (i.e. ways of the people).
--
Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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