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I thought this piece was absolutely stellar because it's neither "AI is bad and we should stop all development" nor "You're only allowed to love AI because it's the next …

Yeah and that’s exactly what I mean. It’s found its place and is a useful technology. But it has not revolutionized entire industries like the internet, smartphone etc

I think there's a big difference between things that have always been bought and sold (housing, oil, food, minerals, etc.) and actual net-new technology that may or may not pay off on its promise…

> There's a pretty clear theory of alcohol as social lubricant, and people with more active social lives having better mental health and slower cognitive decline in old age. Sure, but you can …

Precisely the article's point. AOL may not have been the successful company it could've been, but it did get millions of households online, which became infrastructure for the successful com…

This is precisely what I mean though. It's a technology that has found its place and is definitely useful and a value-add to society. But if we look at the types of predictions made in the early …

Exactly. Right now it’s easy to look at it as a relatively niche thing. But at the time it was going to be the next big thing transforming everything. Same as 3D printing. Certainly cool and useful in…

I think this is directionally correct. But we tend to remember the technologies which became mainstream after the bubble burst and forget those that fizzled or found a much less world-changing niche. …

That's true of course. But I also think for practical arguments like this, we don't need exact science. There's a good theory why moderate drinking is still unhealthy (self-exclusion of…

The current WHO and IARC guidance is that there's no safe level of alcohol consumption that doesn't affect health and that alcohol is a clear carcinogen. I don't know how that could hav…

Is anyone saying exercise is unhealthy? Not sure I follow the point

If I recall correctly (and I might not), the idea that moderate drinking is healthy came from a faulty study where people who didn't drink at all were less healthy. But the people who didn't…

Re: GitHub. IF they do a rewrite, that should buy us at least 5 years, based on my experience with large-scale rewrites lol

I think it's the Toyota Camry of languages. No, it's not the cool thing and won't turn heads or get you compliments. But it'll take you very, very far for a very, very long time.

Agreed!

Most goal-setting and "systems" will not help you reach that specific goal, but are a forcing function to introduce momentum and get you moving in a direction where you often discover the re…