@Schwartzie14 Yup, trying to make the stuff more popular via the very tools it was to replace. There's even a term used for that recently – taste washing. Kind of nice to see a proof that old school tactics like cool branding and clean design still work (albeit as a last resort for evil tech)
@UK_Daniel_Card A classic responsibility shift. They will still target (and sell to) young potential consumers, but the responsibility (and, inevitably, punishment) will now lie solely with the young users of the highly addictive product...
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@bruceclarkprof@FinanceDirCFO They are trying to make us think that it thinks for us. It doesn't and there are big chances that it never will (in this form). So, "learn the trade first" still stands... and then use the tools you have where they can make an impact and make your work better and more efficient.
@bruceclarkprof@FinanceDirCFO Full of the best wood (stolen btw) and all the tools, mechanical, automatic, manual, laser-based, incredibly sharp... All the potential is there, but what I'd create in the end would be at best a piece of shite and at worst a situation demanding emergency services' attention.
@FinanceDirCFO My childhood... together with Star Trek, this series formed my moral views (aside from upbringing, of course)... Today, it seems like the world has gone to shit, but it kinda always wants to be this way... unless we fight back.
@tomfgoodwin@vicpolky The thing is that (imho) we overestimate the complexity of human nature and underestimate the complexity of society we create together. Simple message explained well with an attractive visual can appeal to simple human nature as well as a piece forming connection on deeper level.
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What does it mean to "learn how to think"? I stumbled upon this old column of mine, which I had quite forgotten, and found myself pleasantly surprised by the ideas in it. Being a writer is like that sometimes - on good days, anyway.
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