Society needs to use the Palantir manifesto as a cue to take a big step back and question why journalists, news media, and every other forum have allowed Silicon Valley to opine on everything, not just tech, despite knowing they’re uniquely antipathetic to humans?
A lot of people are under the mistaken impression that progress means advances in tech. Real progress is kids who are literate, free meals for public school students, a culture in which human art & poetry are celebrated. We're regressing rapidly & the only way forward is to read.
The same thing happens with fashion.
Sewing and liking fashion are seen as feminine activities, but 99% of the great designers are men. It's only "a girl's thing" if she's not financially rewarded for it.
we are going to "it's ok to let people enjoy things" into absolute societal & environmental ruin. "it's ok to let people enjoy things" is for the so called cringy stuff & the nerdy hobbies, not for endless shein/temu hauls & chatgpt usage