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Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by prostoalex » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 5:40 AM UTC

fma wrote: post #28

With smartphones being ubiquitous, and we all have a few minutes here and there to spare...we just need to come up with a better and productive way to kill those time where you are idle. Any suggestions? Right now I'm waiting on my wife to get ready before we head out and spending it here on HN, but still, it's not productive.

I try to trigger myself to do a quick session on learning a foreign language. It’s not easy at first, but apps like Memrise, Duolingo or Drops support such short sessions.

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by seangrogg » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 5:41 AM UTC

There's something sublimely humorous about the fact that ex-employees from the world's largest ad distributors are working to start an ad campaign.

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by gukov » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 5:54 AM UTC

platz wrote: post #103

Chathamization wrote: post #48

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I wonder how much the push back against McDonald's is class based. It's not healthy, but the same can be said for a lot of the food we eat. A lot of fast casual burgers, which seem to hold a higher position in the public perception, have more calories. Of course, overall health is more complicated than just calories, but it's worth pointing out since that's one of the main complaints against McDonald's (including in…

Is an egg-mcmuffin with no cheese and no hash-brown really that bad for you? It's literally an egg on bread.

How many people only order an egg on bread at McDonald's?

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by gukov » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 5:57 AM UTC

seangrogg wrote: post #142

There's something sublimely humorous about the fact that ex-employees from the world's largest ad distributors are working to start an ad campaign.

It's a hot niche right now, that's for sure.

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by gukov » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:01 AM UTC

dawhizkid wrote: post #65

I feel like mobile gaming is Facebook at a smaller scale but 10x worse...not only are they trying to hook you but the hook is actively extracting money from you.

Both prey on our increased dependency on an instant dopamine release.

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by gukov » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:04 AM UTC

mlinksva wrote: post #92

> Governments can pressure technology companies toward humane business models by including the negative externalities of attention extraction on their balance sheets What does this mean? I'm genuinely curious. Meanwhile, easier: tax ads.

What social media does to mental health is comparable to what cigarettes do to the lung health.

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by rapnie » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:32 AM UTC

dawhizkid wrote: post #65

I feel like mobile gaming is Facebook at a smaller scale but 10x worse...not only are they trying to hook you but the hook is actively extracting money from you.

you are right. there was an interesting discussion on 'lootboxes' couple of days ago on HN..

Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:33 AM UTC

confounded wrote: post #136

staunch wrote: post #97

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If the problem isn't modern technology such as Facebook and smartphones, then why didn't we have this problem in the past? And if it is modern technology, then why couldn't it be the solution? As one example, why can't we create a social network that's designed to help users mitigate the negative aspects of using it?

What about Facebook is modern technology?

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Re: Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

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Post by platz » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:34 AM UTC

gukov wrote: post #143

platz wrote: post #103

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Is an egg-mcmuffin with no cheese and no hash-brown really that bad for you? It's literally an egg on bread.

How many people only order an egg on bread at McDonald's?

I also get a coffee (black).

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 6:57 AM UTC

metavrsl wrote: post #86

stryk wrote: post #83

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It might be a mistake asking this, but what the heck is a 'chav' ?

It’s an English word for rougher lower class young men. People look down on them, it’s partially a class thing and partially how they dress and how they’re just boisterous. Don’t know what the equivalent word in the USA is but in Australia we say Bogan which is similar.

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