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Re:The Gentle Singularity by adverbly on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:54PM (#44243474)
> I enjoy technology but less and less so each year, because it increasingly feels like there’s some kind of disconnect with the real world that’s hard to put my finger on

Same here.

I want to be an engineer.

As a good engineer, I find a problem then recursively ask why.

I end up with a political root cause - not a technical one.

This makes me sad.

I wish I could just be an engineer.

Re:The Gentle Singularity by nradov on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:34PM (#44243670)
Why should anyone care what you want? If you're actually interested in solving real problems then don't define yourself in terms of narrow roles like "engineer".
Re:The Gentle Singularity by disqard on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @01:58PM (#44250121)
"Technology acts as an amplifier of Human intentions" -- Kentaro Toyama

What the richest and most powerful people want, happens to be "be even richer and even more powerful".

Banal, sad, and universal.