Extremely disillusioned with technology. Please help

That is a problem that is better solved with politics than with technology. There is enough in the world that if we shared more, most people would not have to worry about these things. (I say most, solving for "all" is more difficult)

But let's be honest. Work isn't always going to be fun. Not having to stress about things is not going to make Dilbert-style corporations enjoyable. Just keep smiling and be happy you are not plowing the ground with an Ox.

And yeah, jobs suck (even the good ones), but I think a bigger problem is the lack of friends and other social supports to make it OK that your job sucks.

The author writes they poured "every ounce of energy" in to their company. They were putting time in to the company instead of their human relationships, and unfortunately it bit them.

I've posted this once or twice before, but I always come back to this remarkably insightful comment by HN user dexwiz a while back.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20470085 """ The Screen and the Job have displaced almost everything else is our lives. Loneliness is just a primary symptom.

The Screen, whether it’s TV, computer, or phone, has supplanted almost all social interactions. This manifests itself in things like SitComs on TV (just a bunch of friends or family hanging out) or Social Media on phones. It’s very easy to fill the social needs of right now with a Screen. But under even a minuscule amount of self reflection these are revealed as hollow substitutes for real human interaction.

The Job has completely taken over as a driving force in evaluating choices. The average person has to consider all options in the light of both the current employer and the specter of tomorrow’s. Moving across the country for a high paying job? Great! Moving to be closer to friends? That’s a career killer.

No wonder we are lonely. We make choices in the short term that optimize happiness, often at the expense of our relationships. Ghosting is not just for dates now. Then turn around and make choices in the long term that optimize employability at the expense of all else.

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Abstract bullshit, misapplication of statistical methods is another cause. We are drowning in the sea of screaming narcissistic virtue-signaling bullshit.

So, go back to concrete mathematics, grounded in reality modeling, lightweight high level prototyping languages and functional programming. This, like universal principles, will never fail you.

Yes, I, and many others, have something close to the same feelings you do towards these types. However, we don't pride ourselves on being manipulative wolves and going "hehe I actually hate you" under our breath.

Have you, perhaps, considered, that he maybe feels the same way about you, but is even more of a manipulative asshole and has strung you along more than you can possibly imagine by being a complete psychopath?

Anyways, there's probably not much of a point in trying to reason with somebody like you. If you can't tell, if there were only "you's" and "hims" in the world... it would only end in two petty parties, and then war, with no good for the hypothetical humanity at all. Enjoy your money and your arguably strange views on making the future a brighter place.