Re:The Little Printf
by TeMPOraL on Monday October 12, 2015 @10:52PM
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From my perspective - there was a time, when not every household had a computer. I lived in that time. And compared to today, I'd absolutely hate it to get back.
But I also hate how the world is different from what it could be if we as a whole cared about actually solving real problems instead of making money. The world could be optimized more. It's not. We've created lots of cruft and triviality. Even our tools of social interaction are designed to be barely working, the minimum amount of value that will still make people use it so that they can be monetized.
We've created really powerful technologies. And we're using them to like 5% of their capabilities for actually making the world better.
But I also hate how the world is different from what it could be if we as a whole cared about actually solving real problems instead of making money. The world could be optimized more. It's not. We've created lots of cruft and triviality. Even our tools of social interaction are designed to be barely working, the minimum amount of value that will still make people use it so that they can be monetized.
We've created really powerful technologies. And we're using them to like 5% of their capabilities for actually making the world better.