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Comment by hodwik | Hacker News Reader

>"That's an interesting take on it. "

You say that like it's novel...

It's been the almost universally accepted opinion in philosophy for the last 100 years or more that post-Enlightenment man is Nihilist because he denies his traditional narratives. It's the big story of the 20th century. Everything from Nazism and WW2, to the divorce rate has been blamed on it... Where have you been?

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Oh no, someone doesn't know every little detail of a "universally accepted opinion" in philosophy for the past 100 years... on a technology news website. Shocking. It's almost like not everyone knows everything all the time? Interesting take on it.

Look, I overreacted. In this case, evidently, mangeletti merely misspoke. However, it's common I hear this same complete lack of humanities education in all areas of technology. It is a growing concern of mine.

I'm not worried about "every little detail". I'm concerned with basic areas of human knowledge, foundational elements of a classical education.

I'm concerned that we're creating engineering-educated drones capable of industriously automating away our traditional roles, yet who haven't even had the proper post-Enlightenment education to understand the civilization in front of their eyes.

My "interesting take on it" comment was referring to @spacehome's suggestion that the outgrowth of nihilism is the cause of the supposed emergence of these sorts of dehumanizing articles.

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