@quinn Nowhere is, but it’s still fucked in different ways.

You have enlightened me.

@quinn It sounds like India, but kind of reversed. The rest of the world doesn’t often see the amount of wealth flying around in Indian cities, right next to the slums.

@datarama @RosaCtrl Fuck yeah.

@datarama @RosaCtrl I do not expect you to suddenly go, “I feel better, OMG you cured me!” But I do think it’s important to reiterate that none of this is your fault, and I hope that hearing it helps in some small way.

You’re great and I like you. And I bet your students really appreciated you.

@datarama @RosaCtrl Maybe those young people will help us get out of this fucking hole.

You’re not responsible for Altman, OK? And they’re not either. Sometimes bad things (or bad actions, from people with bad intentions) happen, and we always rely on collective action to get us out of the hole. It doesn’t mean those people got us into the hole. In fact, they almost never overlap.

And also, a good idea which didn’t work out was still a good idea. We never operate on perfect information.

@thirstybear @sanityinc @RosaCtrl Yup, and it will keep going until the system fails. Which might take centuries.

@datarama @RosaCtrl Sounds pretty fucking awful.

And yes, this is what I mean. I used to know several teachers (all women). Now I know one. The rest quit, and not one of them is happy about it. They loved those kids.

@sanityinc @RosaCtrl Goddamnit I think you’re spot on.

@RosaCtrl @datarama Oooh, gotta re-read that. It’s been a long time. Thanks for the pointer!

@RosaCtrl I wanna write a post about how we haven’t automated away jobs, we’ve just decided we have no need for people who are good at them.

For example, teachers. Good teachers are punished, and if they can, they eventually quit. Bad teachers persist.

@RosaCtrl Well, you weren’t totally wrong. The web did kill journalism.

@RosaCtrl I think you nailed it. (Assuming the world doesn’t end first.)

@RosaCtrl I think they’re more than that; prototyping tools, but across every discipline? That’s pretty awesome.

And still, I will never use them, because of all the ick attached to them.

Maybe I will, one day, once it’s kind of normal. Assuming the world doesn’t end first.

@RosaCtrl I have A Take: https://mastodon.functional.computer/@samir/116195035192580023

@thirstybear @revk @jwildeboer I like to celebrate my birthday by going snowboarding. Kind of like a dare.

@revk @jwildeboer Age check: “When was the last time you bothered to celebrate your birthday?”