I think a big problem a lot of the tech and AI people is that they just don't seem to enjoy ... being alive? Like, the things about human nature and experience that have been fundamental to our species just seems totally lost on them. - ThreadSky

cptowers.bsky.social • 55 days ago

I think a big problem a lot of the tech and AI people is that they just don't seem to enjoy ... being alive? Like, the things about human nature and experience that have been fundamental to our species just seems totally lost on them.

Reposted from Jason Koebler

Beautiful stuff: "It’s not really enjoyable to make music now… it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you have to get really good at an instrument... I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of time they spend making music."

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mikegianella.bsky.social•55 days ago

some of them see life as a problem to be solved, not a thing to be experienced

gardylou-games.bsky.social•55 days ago

This is the craziest shit of all time. People might not like the pressures on trying to make a living off art, but actual artists freaking love making art of all kinds! We were supposed to automate the dumb computer stuff and repetitive bullshit, not the creative side that makes life worth living!

josephnardone.bsky.social•55 days ago

I've only been playing bass for a little over two years. I am in one real band, a side-project and a one-off thing... My absolute favorite thing is figuring out, creating and publishing music. It's literally everything else (figuring out how to promote, etc) that is no fun.

ithinkyouknow.bsky.social•55 days ago

It's both technocrats thinking tech can make everything better, and the same idiots mad they have no talent, or an ability to cultivate talent.

They hate the humaness of humanity

thetonyfioriglio.bsky.social•55 days ago

I truly believe a huge part of it is jealousy: They see the attention, respect, and praise musicians, performers, and authors get and absolutely seethe at the fact that no one cares who Tech Bro #43 is or what app he created, so this is all basically a mission to make the arts seem less impressive

ithinkyouknow.bsky.social•55 days ago

True! They just don't get that what you do at your normal job is just that, normal. But we hype tech so much they think they are special.

No one cares about the cool packaging I develop for skincare brands, and no one cares about your app either "bro"

friedbed.bsky.social•55 days ago

The never ending desire to shortcut humanity is just so upsetting. I hate it so much

btoporek.bsky.social•55 days ago

They're hyperfocused on efficiency and have lost all sense of humanity as a result, it seems

toneloaf.bsky.social•55 days ago

They need to get a hobby.

jaketrowbridge.bsky.social•55 days ago

It’s like that famous quote says: “Anything worth doing should be easy enough for a toddler to do it and require no work or imagination.”

cptowers.bsky.social•55 days ago

they're so convinced of their own brilliance that if they find something they can't do immediately, that thing must inherently not be important/valuable.

deshaunweinstein.bsky.social•55 days ago

They believe in STEM over everything else

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