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That's not what I mean. You can't just retrain and get a job in a new field and maintain your mortgage, rent or your kid or partner's needs, and downward social mobility is incredi…

Thanks man, that means a lot <3

haha close! i saw my mom get frustrated not remembering where her programs were located, so I wrote a little numerical menu for her with her programs listed in order of use. each n…

Nothing to apologize for!

Depends on who & what you ask. Aggregates hide important nuance. For who? At what cost to who? Do the people who bare the cost have a say? Would they agree that it's worth it? What…

Is all demand equal? How is demand induced, by who and for what benefit?

Correct. But don't you want something from the future? What do you imagine it to look like? How far is it from what you hope it might? What are you willing to do to bring them clos…

So? We produce enough food for 10 billion people every year, there's only 8 billion of us and a billion are hungry. Those seem like legible KPIs for shareholders (i.e. humanity) to…

I have bad news for you...

Keep writing please! Where can I find your writing?

No, there's a difference between doing well for yourself and exploiting the labor of others to capture stupendous amounts of excess capital, then reinvesting part of that to make e…

it sounds like you should learn a bit more about grief. also, please, for god's sake, read the original. I've linked to it in at the top of the article. As to envious, I'm a Direct…

"technology is neutral, deployment is not" is that a reasonable statement? if so, congratulations, welcome to the club bud! you're a luddite now. we meet on tuesdays, please bring …

Not much for a while, then when I was a teenager I got into Flash / ActionScript, this was around the 2advanced era, if that means anything to you. I did a little bit of that & HTM…

As a typography nerd, I am also mourning the death of typographic style. Em-dashes and ligatures <3

Hey! I'm not insulted at all. My position is that of a Luddite: I think technology is neutral, but deployment is not. My critique is structural, and I don't blame people in or out …

You mean after the dot-com bubble and after the financial crisis? I mean, not to disagree, but what point are you making here?

You're giving "yet you participate in society" vibes that I don't love, but let me address a few things: - We're not indentured workers yet . We should always have been fighting fo…

I'm sorry, or you're welcome :D

I agree, but would dare you to go one step further: there is no accountability for harm because, being the "bourgeoisie" under neoliberal capitalism, capital insulates them from co…

What you're describing is akin to Jevon's paradox. Let's see. The Industrial Revolution, I think a good analogy, caused years of death & suffering before raising standards of livin…

i zoomed in on a specific aspect of the experience, that of course doesn't mean everything is bad across the board. i've gotten great joy from programming, especially with other co…

> Ah you textile workers are so whiny... hell yeah baby, I'm a proud Luddite.

i dunno. i'm happy to read in the comments here (and elsewhere) that my experience is not unique, many others have similar experiences and are going through the same feelings: grie…

oh I probably should, but I'm kinda busy with checks notes trying to feed my family :D