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‘You’ll hold out for a while’: Silicon Valley now pushing to implant chip in your brain, knows you’ll give in eventually (wegotthiscovered.com)

submitted 5 months ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 52 points 5 months ago (5 children)

The cope is really deep in the tech sector. Way too many imbeciles who think they're geniuses and too much VC to throw around.

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[–] iglou@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Always been this way, no? Sometimes, though, the imbeciles hire very competent people

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[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's much worse now. Some of these people actually did impressive things earlier in the 21st century. Now they're 90% grifters

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[–] iglou@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

Well, yes, but there was also a lot of bullshit that we simply dont remember because it disappeared after the great purge that was the internet bubble pop

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[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

90% is very generous.

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

It’s always been 90% grifters. Survivorship bias

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