In my reading, the article was arguing not decentralized v centralized one-or-the-other, but just that decentralized is failing.
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'Hero Worship' is about elevating someone to a categorically higher level. This can lead to thinking you could never be as good, taking everything they say as gospel, defending even their poor opinions, etc.
If we -worship- 10x developers, you can maybe better see how with the emphasis on that word things can get pretty toxic pretty quick. For example, I think many would agree HR disputes should not take talent level as an input, but if one of those people isn't even a mortal...
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None of this is necessary to have a role model, or precludes celebrating someone for doing excellent work as is this case.
Clearly there is human-derived input in the system (otherwise... What's the point just crop randomly)
It gives an appreciation of the detail in some of these pieces as well as the medium's history and western consumption.
Algorithms maximizing engagement probably then grow to manipulate emotional state as a proxy variable. Even if they weren't aimed to.
From there, if an optimal emotional state happens to be "An impending sense of doom, terror of the pervasiveness of crime in my country" other "doom scrolling" etc, the algorithm could we'll be providing psychological harm.
(No idea if this actually applies to this doc, as it's language and aims may be technical)
Historically, businesses were understood to also have responsibility to their communities and customers. Also their workers, though perhaps that began to shed somewhat less recently.
In my view, any person or entity is morally responsible for their impacts on others.
So, I believe companies should, indeed, have moral standards.
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That said yes this is a cultural shift so by no means any kind of immediate solution, and there will always be bad actors, so yes totally agree, fix the policy!
But let's not support a business culture where being a bad actor is cool- it makes the already very difficult job of appropriate regulation that much harder.
The business would work and billionaires don't become billionaires by turning down business.
Rather than basing on loosely defined observed traits like if something 'feels', we now have the context of evolution to guide our taxa.
Still could work but isn't easy, and probably throws a wrench in the whole modern idea of continuous develop -> deploy.