Which tells you organic human generated content is increasingly rare and here we are probably the last unpolluted corners of the human experience outside the non-online local experiences.

“Luddite” has been turned into a slur over time but it is actually a view point that humans should have a say on what technology does to them and for who. They were not technophobes. They were technodeterminists.

Me: Leave that to me. I know what I want.

The horror! I detest that website with my all. It was one of the earliest places I saw a nasty dark pattern. They would bait you to pay to see who viewed your profile, preying on job seekers desperate for a signal that something may come their way. Nasty evil people those!

Again, scientists used AI to develop a viable bacteriophage genome. To say AI did it is confusing.

How do you track gender category when it is not listed or asked anywhere on the forums?

And it may keep getting worse in the months ahead.

Got it via their website jumping over walls. From October 2023, not that that diminishes it’s sting.

Is that top right image from a real Economist post or it is edited? I did not find it by simple search (search is so sloppy of late).

It is as if it is a general rule at this point that centralization breeds corruption. No matter how many statements people make early on in social engagements, centralization leads them to screw people depending on these systems. When making long term commitment to anything, check if it is centralized or how easy it is to unshackle yourself from it.

Luddites were not as opposed to new technology as you say it here. They were mainly concerned about what technology would do to whom.

A helpful history right here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown