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All news from THIS week about companies that just lie to get ahead. I'm tired of move fast and break things.
Simple fix, stop hovering the HN frontpage every hour, don't read every news item you come across, it isn't needed, and probably isn't good for our psyche either :)
Some things of course impact your day to day life, but most of these "Hate / Love" articles and news are mostly made to drive clicks, not to actually make your life better.
A, yes, denial with fix everything.
Like when the AI either costs them their job, or crashes as a bubble and takes the economy and their livelihood with it.
Try sitting and reading about death, suicide, harassment, violence exclusively for a week, like if you were a social media moderator, and you'll notice how quickly you're affected by these things, even if it doesn't feel like it in the moment.
> Like when the AI either costs them their job, or crashes as a bubble and takes the economy and their livelihood with it.
Yes, this sucks, regardless of why it happens, it just straight up sucks. In 2008 we had a large financial crisis here, it sucked for most people in the country, either directly or indirectly. But you move forward, find other ways to live your life, adjust what you can and life goes on.
Today obviously is different, but back then it felt impossible things would ever change and return to normal.
And that feeling was right: they never did return back to normal. If anything, they've gotten worse!
Maybe try a better country next time? :)
But that starts with telling you off. Someone says "I am tired of Y happening so often", and you talk to them like you're their nanny.
> Yes, this sucks, regardless of why it happens
No, the reasons why it happens is why it sucks. And the reasons are of supreme importance, being the reasons, and are also the key to making things better. It starts with paying attention.
> you move forward, find other ways to live your life, adjust what you can and life goes on.
Yes. You say "this sucks", someone tells you how to live your life, you tell them off and move on.
Your feeling that “everything will return to normal” is not actually rational.
I think we're talking about two different countries here, everything did go back to normal here, and things are today better than ever for most people. I'm sad that that didn't happen where you live too, but it is very rational and real, it's actually what has already happened.
How do you get from "I'm tired of the frequency of these scams" to "doomscrolling"?
People discussing things, finding out they're all against being exploited and driven into poverty or death, and coordinating to change that is very powerful. It's the reason we discuss this by being able to read and write, rather than while slaving in a mine.
Why do you think so much slop is generated? In part also to keep that from happening. Because that's what healthy humans normally do, if you let them, if you don't interfere. Just like a wound normally simply heals. These natural and common reactions of humans to such things are the solution, not the problem. Let them actually do their work. If you are exhausted or just apathic, the positive contribution you can still make is to stand aside.
Apathy is for cowards.
Apply whatever insult you want to it, but I'm finished.
Making a data center in my home town? I'm going to do anything I can to stop it.
Entertainment companies serving slop instead of art? Meh, I'll just rewatch old favorites.
Some people put their efforts towards changes that will reduce the most suffering for the most people.
Others enact change that will most individually benefit themselves.
Still others enact whichever attempts at change require the least effort.
And some (like me) want to enact whichever changes will reduce suffering specifically for the people close to them.
If the only thing that changes from me reading headlines is my emotional state and not my decisions, I'm going to just stop with the headlines because they exacerbate anxiety and insomnia and my family needs my attention more.
I don't find this position pathetic at all.
No one is suggesting apathy here, I'd suggest direct action if anything, but being mindful of what content you consume isn't "apathy", that sounds like the words of a coward :)
(Ironic saying that on HN, in the comments on an article of extremely dubious merit. I don't always follow my own advice. But I do keep it to a minimum.)
Way too many companies have figured out that exaggerating, misleading, or outright lying gets them headlines, investors, and free marketing long before anyone verifies the claims.
Next month is the IPO of Space-X which will be worth trillions because sending people to mars and building data centers in space is a trillion dollar business now...
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