Thinking about how Notch used to donate to GDQ every year until people stopped cheering for him. And how Musk became a Nazi because the Nazis were nice to him. The one thing these rich tech guys want that they can't buy is love
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wandering alone from echoing room to echoing room in your giant mansion where you live alone because of your horrible personality is surely good for the human psyche
I remember the crowd reacting like "wow" to a $10k donation at GDQ once only to then go totally silent when they heard who it was from.
It felt like "Oh, Notch is trying to buy our approval back, but he outed himself as an ass"
It's so alien to me. I started doing what I still do bc I loved it. And like 5 other people loved it. And a bunch more people were like "that's dumb & not valid" but, like, they're not doing shit now and I'm still in love with what I do.
I guess they could only become so rich bc they're so empty.
I mean, in the final reckoning, Zuckerberg originally created (the)Facebook to do the digital equivalent of holding cards with numbered scores up as college girls walked by a frat house. He didn’t exactly start out value neutral…
and yet the idea that they could fix COUNTLESS lives without any inconvenience whatsoever to their own personal lives to *universal* acclaim and adoration just shows what kind of sociopath you have to be to be a billionaire
I'm not saying this flippantly. In light of all the Meta nonsense, I've been thinking about how I have always tried to make sure that the work I do is defined by my values. I cannot imagine what it's like not to believe in anything except yourself
I know "video game librarian" sounds like a silly job, but my work is grounded by my beliefs in how important context and information literacy are, and the value of diversity, and a broad perspective, and challenging assumptions and norms. It's a drop in the bucket, but it's MY drop in the bucket
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It felt like "Oh, Notch is trying to buy our approval back, but he outed himself as an ass"
I guess they could only become so rich bc they're so empty.