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Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Zohran Mandani voters:
“The average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable—and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession.”
“That annoys the fuck out of these people.”
@Synth0_0@jia_seed i mean that a lot more normal in the bay no? i feel like it's not nearly as spiky as a math/programming competition award, probs need some title to be comparable
there is NOTHING bleak about this
sure you can blame the guy for prioritizing work over family but how is this different than the banker tweaking spreadsheets 80 hours a week or the consultant making ppts at 3 am?
it's only "dystopian" because it has the word ai
@signulll They tried this and failed
Also I wouldn’t be sure if meta did what kimi did (unlikely) that it would be the same effect. One is a tiny chinese company disrupting market and the other is one of the biggest CO’s in America
this is a really interesting take, not so hot of a take in europe due to some core cultural differences (a lot happier of a middle class where different classes are viewed more equally)
there's also the chinese reality where you need to test a high % to make it to high school vs trade school
the german system where they identify early which kids are gonna be aerospace engineers and which kids are gonna be ditch diggers and separate them into different schools that better suit their aptitude or lack thereof is an infinitely better system than "no child left behind"