Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

Post by sanswork » Fri, Apr 07, 2017, 11:29 PM UTC

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This effect always seems to come with popularity. Once upon a time, Slashdot had some amazingly insightful discussions, leading to a growth in popularity, which led to increased noise. That noise led to increased cynicism and eventually burnout. The same thing has sadly happened to every popular tech news site I know of. The secret is to keep searching for a new place to have high quality discussions. You never know…

I would disagree with HN having "quality discussion". I've honestly never seen dang come down on someone where I agreed with it. I've seen him moderate people because they're posting too much "anti-this or anti-that". Not because of their behavior, but because he didn't like what they were posting. And this community is aware that dang will do that, so you watch them flag ideas that absolutely have no reason for bein…

Post by eanzenberg » Fri, Apr 07, 2017, 11:59 PM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #177

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That's right, everytime there's been progress there have been negative externalities of the tech produced for the progress. It's nearly impossible to have both, ie, progress and no negative consequences. So which would you rather have?

Is that really true? For example, plumbing.

Post by davidf18 » Sat, Apr 08, 2017, 12:10 AM UTC

rhapsodic wrote: post #175

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> "Self-driving cars, for example, could potentially put 5 million people involved in transportation jobs out of work....." On a work day, NYC subway provides 6 million trips. Think of all of the car drivers it is displacing. And then there are the buses! And that is in NYC alone. Just think of all of the drivers mass transit has already displaced throughout the nation! Then there is intercity transit: think of all o…

> On a work day, NYC subway provides 6 million trips. Think of all of the car drivers it is displacing. And then there are the buses! And that is in NYC alone. Just think of all of the drivers mass transit has already displaced throughout the nation! I think if you read history, you'll find that, overall, the automobile disrupted and reduced the size of the passenger rail industry, and public transportation in genera…

Post by graycat » Sat, Apr 08, 2017, 12:16 AM UTC

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I don't know. I've got a 2 hour commute each way. There's no way a company would accept my rolling in at 10AM and leaving at 4PM just because I'm working from 8-10 and 4-6 in my self-driving car. More than likely, self-driving cars will mean workers are still expected to get their 8-to-6 on-premesis face time, and then use their self-driving time to catch some shut-eye.

I feel like getting to your job should be part of the job, especially when it becomes possible to do your job on the way.

Post by retsibsi » Sat, Apr 08, 2017, 12:29 AM UTC

trevyn wrote: post #174

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Motion you feel but don't see is the problem. Maybe a translucent display?

Or an active suspension that cancels out all bumps. This is actually my fantasy for self-driving cars; such a suspension is relatively expensive, but if cars are shared and autonomous, each car can be more costly.