I think I just found my new favourite blog. #wiby and #smolweb for the win.

"The greatest threat to good programming, human freedom and humanity itself is the love of technology just for technology’s sake."

"Mankind is creator and omnipotent in this lesser reality [...virtual reality, the matrix, etc...], but our desire for power is so great that we want to elevate this lesser reality to something greater than reality itself. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the kinds of superpowers we can achieve with computer programming in our waking lives? If so, why not insert our waking consciousnesses into this reduced reality to wield this fantasy power?"

https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/blockchain-blasphemy/

Why It's Bad to Have High GDP | Luke Smith

Sometimes the quality of life is directly inverse to "economic" indicators.