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curl-6 2 days ago
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ConciousMan said:
curl-6 said:

Not all advances are beneficial; we as a society would have been better off if they'd been more pushback to the adoption of stuff like asbestos, lead, cigarettes, DDT, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Agent Orange, or in terms of gaming microtransactions and pay-to-win.

My comment was more about technology than certain types of advances in our society. In my point of view, we will limit progress by limiting number of actions and experiments we can make as species. The biggest challenge when it comes to AI and robotics, is to put certain circuit breakers to be able to turn those things off if they decide to lie and act against our wishes, in my opinion. Without this technology, on the other hand, I don't see humanity to be able to colonize other planets that are very far away based on what I've read about this part of the universe.

It would be tons of text if we were to argue about micro transactions too. For me, I can enjoy those free to play games that rely on microtransactions to make money, so certainly they have their use cases. The same for pay to win. Imagine trying to progress way faster to realize that the game is a waste of time 🤣 And in turn coming up with some other productive ideas and projects.

The same applies to technology though, it can be harmful and dangerous if we embrace it without carefully weighing the consequences. 

Microtransactions for instance may seem innocuous on paper, cos hey, nobody's forcing you to buy them, right? The problem is though that publishers then design their games to psychologically pressure you into spending money in order to progress effectively or have a good experience, or put them in games that are already full price, so even something that's technically optional can still ruin the experience.

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