“In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.
Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.”
https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity
damn, that looks fun!
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this talk is basically a short version of Cory’s new book. To get a gist of it, check out reviews like: https://apnews.com/article/internet-con-doctorow-book-review-9a5645c075fa495f701481d50f3917c8
enshittification all the way down
Pikachuception
Seems like the common vibe in “gaming” articles lately. Low hanging fruit Clickbait slathered in ads and autoplaying videos.
“I slipped and programmed a pop up. Whoopsiedaisy”
feddit.de is home <3
Yeah! That’s a classic.
Will no one think of the aDVerTiSeRS?
rolls charisma 1
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Exactly. That kind of stuff is not what many companies would approve to officially represent their product. Then again, it is weirdly on brand of course …
Only stumbled over his stuff today, but yeah that’s a … special kind of humor. Right up my alley.
I first thought it was a joke, but no, it’s legit, lol. Just makes me appreciate Larian more.
sheesh. good riddance