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Re: Never Enough

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Post by kubb » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

joenot443 wrote: post #99

kubb wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow what a screed. Comfort-seeking through analysis, categorization, and grand theory of society based on personal experience. It could be more valuable and interesting to just provide dating anecdotes. I’m not sure there’s value in presenting that experience as a half-digested diagnosis about what’s wrong. Especially when it comes with so many hidden assumptions about how things have to be and the inevitable project…

> Why would you just link it without a comment? I would imagine they linked it because it's a great read and they figured others would be interested. ACX is extremely well known around here, I'm surprised you're unfamiliar. Scott runs creative writing contests for his readers, this was one of the finalists. I think you're reading far more seriously into a writing exercise than necessary, which I'd imagine is why you…

I see, so it's not meant to be taken seriously. Missed that context, thanks! I don't know Scott, I'm sure he's a great guy.

Re: Never Enough

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Post by rglover » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

dieselgate wrote: post #93

rglover wrote: post #32

> Technology was supposed to make room for life but instead for more and more people life is slowly being rearranged around AI. It's been downright spooky to watch people I know personally or been familiar with totally fall down the rabbit hole. That said, like with everything, it depends on the person. Some people are taking the Jack Nicholson route, others are finally taking time off and enjoying their life (I'm ta…

What is "the Jack Nicholson route"? I happened to watch The Departed last night and am genuinely asking, something to do with working a lot?

Just being a maniac about all of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRmV1Sj6j4

Re: Never Enough

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Post by throw-the-towel » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC

> The other story covers a founder who has Claude review her first dates and tell her whether she was engaging and empathetic enough, thanks to recording every single one of them.

Damn, this could have been me. I used to want something like this. I was in my late teens, heavily into computers, on the autistic spectrum but didn't yet know what the hell that was, and I felt deeply disconnected from my peers. I dreamt that perhaps, there could be some kind of robots that could help me with figuring out how is all that socialisation shit supposed to work. But that would only appear in some faraway sci fi future, and I might not even live to see that time.

Some fifteen years pass, and the sci fi future is now. The feeling is rather disconcerting.