Agree with most of the article, yet part that was actually worth commenting on slightly:
Bill Wolf - "Being born on 4/20 is unprofessional."
"Upon reviewing your application materials, we found that the information provided in regards to your birthdate on LinkedIn, specifically 4/20, seems inconsistent with the professional standards we uphold within our organization. While we appreciate individuality, we also prioritize a professional and mature approach in all aspects of our work environment."
Except this generation's elite are mostly divorced from history and tradition and lack a sense of noblesse oblige. The worlds moving fast enough for things to be different this time - or so the thinking goes.
Yes, but in the past decades the elites have accumulated wealth and resources at rates we haven't seen probably since before the French Revolution, depening on the metric you could also call it unprecedented.
Additionally many of todays elites have a social-darwinistic view where everybody that is not on top actively deserves to suffer and perish.
And this unfortunately falls together with the moment where AI reduces the number of real people ultrarich people need to control a population to a historic minimum. It is going to get much worse, before it is going to get better.
Agree with most of the article, yet part that was actually worth commenting on slightly:
Bill Wolf - "Being born on 4/20 is unprofessional."
"Upon reviewing your application materials, we found that the information provided in regards to your birthdate on LinkedIn, specifically 4/20, seems inconsistent with the professional standards we uphold within our organization. While we appreciate individuality, we also prioritize a professional and mature approach in all aspects of our work environment."
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wolfbill_being-born-on-420-is...
That's ridiculous.
It's clearly his parents who were being unprofessional, by conceiving him on 7/20.
Yet another reason to go for ISO 8601 date formats
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> We’re in the age of no consent. A time where everyday people have to follow the rules, but AI companies and AI toolmen do not.
I wonder if this is how it always was, with elites and non elites, except now it’s all just in the open.
Except this generation's elite are mostly divorced from history and tradition and lack a sense of noblesse oblige. The worlds moving fast enough for things to be different this time - or so the thinking goes.
>lack a sense of noblesse oblige
The super wealthy of today have zero class and it really shows.
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Yes, but in the past decades the elites have accumulated wealth and resources at rates we haven't seen probably since before the French Revolution, depening on the metric you could also call it unprecedented.
Additionally many of todays elites have a social-darwinistic view where everybody that is not on top actively deserves to suffer and perish.
And this unfortunately falls together with the moment where AI reduces the number of real people ultrarich people need to control a population to a historic minimum. It is going to get much worse, before it is going to get better.
Interesting read.
Whatever happened to the mantra "Information wants to be free"
Having my own data leased back to me wasn't exactly what I had in mind
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That is not at all what the article is about.