> Humans should focus on finding simple solutions that lead to a 10X improvement
How many humans can you name who really did that? Like, in the whole history of our species
How many humans can you name who really did that? Like, in the whole history of our species
Nevertheless it's certain that there has to be people alive who saw a complex problem and simplified it 10x, even if the solution never got out of their local sphere. Solutions that you and me would implement with automation and sensors, people in developing countries would find a way with less technology or resources. Even our current systems seem needlessly complex and overengineered compared to when hardware was a limitation.
If you want to think about needless complexity being everywhere, take for example the simplicity of the Internet, made when hardware was limited, against modern monstrosities like Bluetooth, now that we can just throw more hardware at problems.
Absolutely. Let's be generous and say that there are a thousand of them alive today, what about everyone else? Are their lives meaningless now?
> the simplicity of the Internet
The Internet is TCP/IP and TCP/IP is a lot of things but hardly "simple"
HN just selects for the latter who care. Yes it’s probably much harder for those who care to have a meaningful life in the presence of LLM’s unfortunately.