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0 pointsookblah11mo ago0 comments

i don't really understand this thought process. all technology has it's advantages and drawbacks and we are currently going through the hype and growing pains process.

you could just as well argue the internet, phones, tv, cars, all adhere to the exact same prisoner's dilemma situation you talk about. you could just as well use AI to rubber duck or ease your mental load than treat it like some rat-race to efficiency.

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vouaobrasil11mo ago

True, but it is meaningful to understand whether the "quantity" advantages - drawbacks decreases over time, which I believe it does.

And we should indeed apply the logic to other inventions: some are more worth using than others, whereas in today's society, we just use all of them due to the mechanisms of the prisoner's dilemma. The Amish, on the other hand, apply deliberation on whether to use certain technologies, which is a far better approach.

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