Unfortunately, the current conservative/nationalistic government has been trying to get it shut down. They use the guide of "tough on crime" of course, but they have been opposing money for people of lesser means for a long, long time.
Yes, the industrial revolution made labor competitive enough to bargain. The computer, internet and now AI revolutions have chipped away at this since the 70s. Power and wealth accumulation has never been higher.
The older I get and the more systems I encounter, the more I'm convinced everything is in a state of failing. The question is only how long before it becomes noticable.
Of course, as with all human cultural endeavours. The images published are also selected by human aesthetics and interest, so valuable novel information is still being propagated.
Anyone from OpenAI here? My account was suddenly deactivated, which was unexpected and tragic. No tech in a long time has brought me this much joy. I've tried reaching out to support with no luck for a while.
Self-censoring is crudely how civilisation works. We accept some restraints on our biological urges for the safety and order collective society provides.
I guess because the differences between the neoclassical homo economics and the biomachine homo sapiens become relevant when scared? The approximation of people as rational actors falls apart.
This seems unnecessarily elitist. I mean, I would be glad if I could get away with just discussing theory and ideas, but reality and practical matters gets in the way. We vote for people, we evaluate people from events.
When I asked my current employer why they chose it, they simply responded that it attracts the "right" people. From a business perspective, any language is arbitrary. What matters is having clever people around to solve problems.
It seems intuitive that perception and memory are one and the same. How we perceive and how we recall is intrinsically bound to the neuron superstructure. Changes in one affects the other. The mind really is an interconnected prediction machine. Fascinating stuff!
I recently discovered the roper schemes. Infinite rope, indestructible terrain, one crate per turn. Short turns. You swing madly fast, trying to pick up the crate before engaging another player. Recommended.
Knowing that the "computer nerd" is the archetypical male fight/flight hybrid coping mechanism from childhood trauma, this is unsurprising. A lot of my own life struggles became easier to understand when I started unwrapping my trauma with a therapist.