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No one actually believed that Iraq would set all of Kuwait on fire in the 90s until they did.

It's called disaster capitalism, and it's intended. The tech overlords realized they could make money on things if they helped the world collapse. Why? Because they know they would…

I much prefer this headline: The high speed pursuit of greed causes technology to do questionable thing because a bunch of CEOs need new yachts.

The only thing the LLMs did was recognize patterns. There is no intelligence there. None. Zero. Zilch.

Oh good, white knighting for bad and potentially irresponsible tech.

Imagine being the nerd that is still using Chrome in the YOL 2026.

Even before that we had "sweeps week" in broadcasting. This was the period of time where the big networks pushed out their biggest shows, miniseries and end of season episodes. Thi…

The Nature vs Nurture discussion is everywhere.

Enshitification for everyone by everyone. Remember when tech was fun, disruptive and mostly beneficial to the end user?

Yes. What's wrong with that? There are large portions of the population that already do that for other health related issues.

It's also a matter of making foods more addictive to increase sales. And creating marketing to do the same thing. And then creating food deserts, etc.

Ah yes, the ever popular "they are just lazy or weak willed" rhetoric. Obesity is a disease just like addictions are. But I'm sure another round of "just try harder" pep talks and …

It's not just processed foods, there is also a genetic struggle as well. Looking at my family living in the US and in the EU, being overweight is a thing for a large portion of us.…