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ien24sdqon Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys

This is a really important thing that people on the left in particular seem to consistently overlook: local incentives, emergent corporate behaviors, and the unconscious need to believe you’re “right” have way more explanatory power than “X is actually evil”.

ien24sdqon Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case

Gwern has a pretty good post on it:

https://gwern.net/nicotine

Intuitively, why would you chew nicontine gum to stop smoking if it was just as addictive as cigarettes?

ien24sdqon Show HN: Foundertrace – chain of YC startups founded by its employees

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ien24sdqon Autism should not be treated as a single condition

This is a weird comment, and not surprising to see the downvotes - hope your day gets better!

One important thing that’s being missed here, though, is the role of parents - getting an ASD diagnosis is extremely useful for parents in terms of understanding/excusing their personal struggles in being a parent.