Re:George Hotz against the institutions
by tornadofart on Sunday March 20, 2022 @11:40AM
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I feel you. The attempt from the article author to frame Hotz' comments as something deeply intellectual made me laugh. I don't dislike Hotz, it's okay to have opinions and to be passionate about what you do. But to put him on such a pedestal as if he was some kind of paradigm-shifting genius is ridiculous.
He's a nerd, he likes engineering, AI and crypto, dislikes universities, sees himself as a genius and thinks the unabomber manifesto is deep philosophy. Wow. How original.
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"We have big problems and mediocre self-driving cars won't solve them" is insecurity now?
no, but this is:
>stop lionizing the maverick genius
>nth brilliant asshole
>untamed superiority complex
>myopic nerd
>motivated by ressentiment
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>"We have big problems and mediocre self-driving cars won't solve them" is insecurity now?
Nobody even meant to imply that.
Re:George Hotz against the institutions
by CipherThrowaway on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:18AM
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Critique isn't jealousy. Expect to grow out of that PoV in 5-10 years.
See my comment below.
Re:George Hotz against the institutions
by CipherThrowaway on Sunday March 20, 2022 @09:11AM
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So you feel the tone is too harsh. I'll grant that it is harsh. But I chose it because it's proportional to how misguided the celebration of anti-social tech geniuses really is. The era of uncritically celebrating these personalities is well and truly over for most of us.
>So you feel the tone is too harsh.
No. My objection is that your comment is spiteful and hysterical.
This isn't about anyone's personality. Can't you see that?
stay mad, lmao.
We are facing unprecedented global challenges this century that will benefit from humble and cooperative thinking at institutional scales. Not more myopic nerds motivated by ressentiment and delivering disruption with zero consideration of social impact.
>“To truly understand what I am. If you want to understand what a radio is,” he said, “build it from scratch. If you want to understand what a microprocessor is, build it from scratch. If you want to understand what a human is, build it.”
This sounds like a joke about the things men will do instead of just going to therapy. It's a level of grandiosity that is indistinguishable from satire.