Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry as a whole?

Re:Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry... by ubikretail on Thursday May 25, 2017 @02:33AM (#14415656)

We are not making the difference among cultural and technical determinism. Hence, we are buying mere narcissistic inventions as progress. It could be simply that Humanity needs a bit more experience handling IT. If I could change something, I would turn every Snapchat addict into a Wikipedia editor and would put Twitter to work like Reddit.

This is also a sign for a tech bubble; as long as startups keep creating no value beyond aesthetics.

I recommend you read "You Are Not A Gadget" by Jaron Lanier ;)

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Re:Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry... by good_vibes on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:38PM (#14426208)

I agree. A lot of me-too companies made by me-too entrepreneurs. If this was rock n roll, a lot of these people would never sell more than a few records. People respond extremely well to authenticity and originality, not so much pretense (which can work for only so long).

Got a copy from my library, thanks for the tip. :)

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