Technology

Zuck of all people is one of the dumbest most arrogant assholes in existence. It's crazy that he doesn't regularly forget how to breathe. Yet he's an "infinillionaire" (gotta remember that word btw).

Having worked Silicon Valley through two boom-and-bust cycles, my impression is that these people hurt because they don't understand their success.

I this isn't necessarily wrong this hints that you didn't read the article.

A lot of the techno-oligarchs have been revealed to be Nazi-level eugenicists that literally want to build a race of übermensch, and have already started by trafficking women onto ranches to have their kids. This includes Elon Musk, who was a friend of Epstein and currently has over 20 kids with several women

Youre absolutely right. I would like to add in the "reddit" model. Why things make it to the front page is kind of the same comment. Two people could post the same thing at the same time. One goes viral and to the front page where millions will see it, one might get 10 views. One comment on a post, when funny, right in the before that post takes off, can get 30k likes. Its all timing and being the one that gets initially off the ground. Ive always wondered though, how easy would it be for reddit to pick the winners and losers? Bot accounts and fake upvotes, even just a little bit in the beginning, could put it on "trending" and get it to the front page and the "algorithm" could put it in everyone's feed. Are you seeing what naturally won or what they wanted you to see? Did facebook naturally win or was it what they wanted to win?....

I mean... Zuck's claim to fame is that he made a basic site with some other dudes to rate the attractiveness of women. That's it, that's the big idea... other people and investors made Facebook/Meta what it is. It couldn't be more clear that Zuck is just along for the ride and he is desperate to prove otherwise.

This is an incredibly frustrating part of my work with startups. I do economic assessments for climate tech, and if it doesn't work on paper then you can be damn sure it won't magically start working in the real world. There are millions of reasons a startup might fail and very few that even give a chance for success (big VC success, not just normal profitablity or survival).

In summary I agree it's a massive lottery, but it drives me crazy how much investment goes to lottery tickets that don't even have a legitimate chance of success.

What I mean is that the Internet is a random multiplier: if you have the right idea at the right time and the right structure, you become almost infinitely rich. If you lack anything in the combination, you get nothing.

To sum it up: winner-take-at all with an enormous element of luck in determining the winner.

taxes should be progressive and keep going up because you should actually have to be smart and compentent to be wealthy. When we cut taxes in the 80's we made it easier and easier for idiot trust fund babies to never lose their wealth.

the sociopaths think they own the planet.

Check your local laws regarding property rights... effectively: yes, they do.

Yeah seriously that article paints a really dark picture

I highly doubt Idiocracy central premise is eugenics.

I would argue that, the dangers of convenience, cults of personality and overall enshitification are.

it’s central premise is Eugenics

~~Nowhere in the movie is that even hinted at.~~

One of its premises is that people will get dumber and even more sedentary if tech capitalism is allowed to take over the world, unfettered, probably including education and possibly even healthcare (no, the movie itself doesn't even go to such detail).

~~If you equate that to Egenics you should take a good look in the mirror: only genes can make people dumb & fat? Is that what you're saying?~~

It's not a perfect movie, but we are seeing similar effects all around us. There's a good reason "It's got what plants crave" became a popular meme.