“In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.

Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.”

https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity

it be a slippery slope

enshittification all the way down

Pikachuception

GPT, is that you?

feddit.de is home <3

yes. now shut up about it. thanks

Right on! Apropos polyrhythms, this live version of Gaia is off the charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRVE_-th1EI (solo around 4:05)

Their latest album has some big Tool influences, especially drumming wise

Porque no los dos?

Currently on book 3 of the Bobiverse. Most fun, zany scifi I’ve read in a while.

Edit: Seveneves was fun too, currently also reading Termination Shock. We really need those “earth suits” I think …

That’s how it works in finance as well. “Self-regulation” - no conflict of interest here …

Some real gas station toilet flair right there

Just. Let. It. Die.

“Tired of running your massively popular online service? Call BrandWreckers™ , your one-stop shop for dismantling user loyalty and brand reputation. Call now and lose your first 10k users for free!”

nice! this might just become my daily driver

I always though that Reddit admins of all people would understand that “you don’t mess with Reddit”. Well, apparently not …

Yo dawg, I heard you liked ads …

I mean, Facebook is also “profitable” but it’s still an utter shitehole content- and community-wise

That rating is awfully high. Would be a shame if something happened to it …