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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
none of these things is a substitute for a functional social fabric
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Chris Powers
@fortworthchris
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125 yrs ago not even the richest person in the world could have: - air conditioning - home refrigerator - a flashlight - a personal computer - access to an airplane - a radio - a television The world is getting better if you choose to look at progress rather than the media.
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
it boggles my mind that someone could list a bunch of appliances and consider this a knockdown argument that people’s lives are better now than before. you really think life is about having *appliances*?
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Divia Eden 🔍 is in Austin Aug 2-25
@diviacaroline
And I imagine some people will imagine kids happily helping with the household tasks, and that being a cool thing? I think it can go that way, but having tried to look into this, I think that doesn’t reliably happen at young ages without force, which to me poisons the whole deal.
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jonathan d.
@jonathandubin
Maybe a hasty take, but it seems like a lot of the value of appliances is making it easy for a single individual to do to the work that a whole team of individuals should be doing together? Which connects back to the original point QC was making?
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