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Been reading reviews of IABIED (If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies). So, a bit pensive.
I do believe that this is a temporary phase, and things would return to a bit of normalcy in a few years. It's my hypothesis that political pendulum swings between two extremes. 2016-21 was a period of extreme leftist opinions and it was problematic too in many ways. The other extreme is a hundred times worse and most people have lost taste for that, too. Secondly, the support for these movements mostly stems from an aging demographic, a lot of which are just passing their last few years.
But I would say social media needs to be clamped down/regulated, free speech be damned. It has caused enough evil already. Can't let a few billionaires decide the direction of world politics.
Personally I'm fine. Communally I'm worried. I'm worried the AI valuations bubble will collapse, pull the mag7 with it, that'll pull the us stock market with it considering they represent the vast majority of the value gain over the last years. That in turn will pull the dollar with it, even more than today. It'll make 2007 look like a picnic. I'm worried about demographics vs retirement. I doubt retirement will be a…
Not trying to be dismissive, really just trying to be optimistic/prepared if things go south. Ideally, someone gets inspired to build solutions to all the things that got us here.
It's difficult even being someone not from United States. Even more concerning is how most of the social media has been hijacked to echo views that should have been unthinkable a few years ago. For some, it's great news of course. It's free speech—they think. But, I am not sure future generation needs to across opinions like feminism is bad, or women belong in the kitchen. I do believe that this is a temporary phase,…
For social media, I want to believe the newer generation is smart enough to want a better platform and I'm optimistic that someone smart enough is going to create a curation algorithm that balances things out. At least I want to take a crack at it at some point.
What's the move for you? US isn't looking too hot I bet. Curious on how people outside the US are adjusting.
I feel like I just failed my second startup, and it's going to be harder than usual to start again.
What I've learned from listening to successful founders is that failing is inevitable and the game is actually how quickly you can learn and adjust. Just that loop until you got three commas and people start slandering you on X. So, technically you got edge.
The meta does seem to have changed recently. Lots more people applying to YC and everyone done throwing money at AI wrappers from people with no domain experience.
Not great. I've been trying to get into a real "career" track software job for the best part of a decade. I study, work on side projects, got to events regularly. And now the job market is even worse. I'm starting to feel like I've missed the boat. I wonder what would've happened if I had managed to get a job with chances to progress, learn and improve 10 years ago. I dream of earning 6 figures, people make it sound…
Down. The end of the world is on the horizon and everyone is partying and having a great time. Isn't anyone concerned that we are going extinct soon?
Okay, so you're ahead of me. What're you thinking is the extinction event? I was more wondering what's the most effective thing I could be doing, but this sounds more interesting.
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Okay, so you're ahead of me. What're you thinking is the extinction event? I was more wondering what's the most effective thing I could be doing, but this sounds more interesting.
Climate change, I would think, but it will take a while (depends on your definition of "soon").