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I find it ironic that this article talks about the user losing out to aggressive (and intrusive) advertising on the web, but presents me with an un-closeable modal window[0] asking me to subscribe to their blog. Note: I have JS disabled by default, and had to temporarily enable JS to view the article, but it's still intrusive and annoying for users. [0] https://imgur.com/a/SQSHh0i
> How did the Internet get so bad? The article misses the point. The problem has its root in monetary policy. The problem is supply-side economics. Money printing and giving control of the money supply to banks has made consumers redundant appendages of the financial system. Imagine that you're the CEO of a unicorn startup or a big corporation and you constantly deal with investors, banks and customers. Which of thes…
This problem is most apparent during a recession, when the central bank (rightly) strives to quickly increase the money supply by buying bonds (and apparently equities!). If instead there could be a joint policy by The Fed and the Social Security Administration, then the flow of money (and thereby attention)_could be less lopsided.
I disagree completely that central banks trying to increase the money supply is righteous in any way. I'm a value producer and this monetary policy has harmed me.
I can see exactly how it has harmed me and I can see the kinds of people it has benefited and I don't agree at all. The central bank has stolen value from me and given it to my enemy.
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This problem is most apparent during a recession, when the central bank (rightly) strives to quickly increase the money supply by buying bonds (and apparently equities!). If instead there could be a joint policy by The Fed and the Social Security Administration, then the flow of money (and thereby attention)_could be less lopsided.
>> when the central bank (rightly) strives to quickly increase the money supply I disagree completely that central banks trying to increase the money supply is righteous in any way. I'm a value producer and this monetary policy has harmed me. I can see exactly how it has harmed me and I can see the kinds of people it has benefited and I don't agree at all. The central bank has stolen value from me and given it to my…
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>> when the central bank (rightly) strives to quickly increase the money supply I disagree completely that central banks trying to increase the money supply is righteous in any way. I'm a value producer and this monetary policy has harmed me. I can see exactly how it has harmed me and I can see the kinds of people it has benefited and I don't agree at all. The central bank has stolen value from me and given it to my…
Okay. I don't see how you make the logical leap from "this monetary policy has harmed me and benefited people I don't like" to "this is not righteous".
It seems that my project was blacklisted/censored somewhere because no corporation seems to have ever used my project in spite of the fact that it's very popular with startups and independent developers. I got 0 consulting contracts from any big corporations. I had discussions with some corporates who backed out in a very suspicious way for no apparent reason.
And also, as a software developer I was harmed through the ongoing bureaucratization of the tech industry by big corporations and the startups who mindlessly copy them; I've witnessed the introduction of more tools, more processes and ever decreasing productivity in the industry.
I could go on and on for hours about all the problems I've encountered and most of them link back to corporations and their upper hand in our fiat monetary system due to Cantillon effects.
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Not only is myopic and US-centered, it's just plain non-factual, LiveJournal really took off pre-9/11. Around 2000-2001 literally everyone in my friend group were on LJ (except me), and not just passively/occasionally - regular active users and always talking about LJ stuff IRL. Even people who didn't have a computer at home! It seemed like it was just as much a social network as it was a publishing platform. Accordi…
> how many blog posts can the average person write about their feelings on the Iraq War? A books worth: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/deepdish/ebooks/i-was-wrong/
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> At least for software, we know of one solution that works: free (as in speech) software. Still made by humans, but usually without the self-serving greed Sorry, but this is laughable. Instead of self-serving greed, you have self-serving "what interests the person writing it." That leaves us with open source software that has horrible user interfaces and is every bit as user-hostile as for-pay software. (For example…
I think, personally, that it's because only the most iconoclastic individuals are willing to put in the effort to make truly free software (like MIT licensed, for example) since they have the raw, unfettered drive (based on their hatred of the mainstream) required to work through the years of programming for zero monetary returns that it takes to produce a feature-complete software project that does something worthwh…
The constant hustle culture is extremely toxic. We don't live to work. And indeed making something of value requires a significant investment of energy. That shouldn't come for free and shouldn't be expected of the "community" to always play catch up with big and dedicated -- and very handsomely paid -- development teams in a corporation.