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In my reading, the article was arguing not decentralized v centralized one-or-the-other, but just that decentralized is failing.

Maybe it's an explore/exploit thing, social media is good for exploring but to build depth we should switch off the socials and hit the books every other week.

It seems small, but it's a big distinction between hero worship and role model! 'Hero Worship' is about elevating someone to a categorically higher level. This can lead to thinking…

How is entropy defined in this context? Clearly there is human-derived input in the system (otherwise... What's the point just crop randomly)

I very much recommend this interactive piece from NYT (potential paywall) on another of Hokusai's prints: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/07/arts/design/h... It gives a…

Emotional state is probably an input to advertising/content engagement. Algorithms maximizing engagement probably then grow to manipulate emotional state as a proxy variable. Even …

Yes (source: another comment that described it. lock & button to remove. hot swapping supported)

Sounds like 3rd party extension is the goal, and according to other comments here without necessitating distribution on their marketplace either.

Viewing a company as responsible only to it's shareholders is perspective only proposed and adopted in the last 50/60 years (maybe less), and I believe, a flawed one. Historically,…

Because they know the sneaky secret too, that businesses will still function and even be profitable (wow), despite also protecting consumers. The business would work and billionair…

Yup, from the article sounds like such thinking has been thrown out for a while. Rather than basing on loosely defined observed traits like if something 'feels', we now have the co…

Higher minimum wage, workplace protections, sane health care options, child care assistance to name a few.

Gating app store updates is not so simple- what about security patches or fixes when a new iOS version breaks everything? Still could work but isn't easy, and probably throws a wre…