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Arodex•about 2 hours ago

Maybe someday people will rediscover Frank Herbert's other universe, the ConScientency, and realize how much forward thinking he was (again) with the idea of the "BuSab".

joebuckwilliams•about 5 hours ago

Hard disagree. Most normal people do not want to see others’ jobs automated unless it provides obvious benefits. Nobody likes self-checkout lines, but they’re “automated.” I like talking to interesting Uber drivers.

Pharmacists though? Yeah replace them with face-ID prescription vending machines…

msm_•about 1 hour ago

>Nobody likes self-checkout lines, but they’re “automated.”

I strongly prefer self-checkout. If self-checkout is available, I will use it. Most people I know have the same preference (to varying degrees, I am a bit extreme in that I will wait for self-checkout even if normal checkout is open and there is no queue).

siriaan•about 1 hour ago

People didn't like the early self-checkout machines which were horribly slow and inaccurate. Current models are quite slick and many people prefer them.

mikebenfield•about 3 hours ago

I like self-checkout lines, as do I'm pretty sure most people I know. And I’ve never met a person who consistently enjoys Uber driver conversation; in fact I’ve often seen it used as the canonical example of a human interaction people hate.

donmcronald•25 minutes ago

> Pharmacists though? Yeah replace them with face-ID prescription vending machines…

What? Pharmacists are a pretty important failsafe IMO. I trust the pharmacist as much as the doctor, maybe more in some cases.

Ohentis•about 3 hours ago

I like self-checkout lines. I also don't want pharmacists replaced with face-ID prescription vending machines. It's possible that I'm not "normal", but I feel normal.

fellowniusmonk•about 2 hours ago

The entire solipsism section rings incredibly false.

> Thus when selling we emphasize human qualities like experience, reputation, trust, relationships, etc., and when buying we want cheap, fast, and convenient.

False. Just obviously false.

> We think of our own work as meaningful, but we think of most everyone else’s work in instrumental terms

Also false!

Every single line becomes drivel because the "truths" the author states in this section should start with "Some percentage of people", if it remotely wants to make grounded propositions.

Who is this absolute misanthrope?

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