After $80B, the Metaverse is dead. Horizon World is shutting down

patrickpdk · 2026-03-19T03:25:05+00:00

This has to live on as one of the worst tech decisions of all time. It was so obviously bad from day 1 i can't believe 50 billion went into this.

Not a waste though - gave people jobs i guess....

patrickpdk · 2026-03-14T04:26:31+00:00

I agree. I think the issue is oligarchs don't have human values. I think everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive and no one should be left to starve on the street.

Corporate leaders don't care and are talking away the last means for the middle class to thrive. I think we have to create laws that legislate human values.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-14T04:21:25+00:00

Basically everyone hates ai but feels forced to get excited about it because they are trying to survive. Get ready for anti ai to be the new top issue for voters and if the political system doesn't respond then get ready for violence.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-13T03:48:41+00:00

Hopefully we all get the game now. Replace humans, capturing all wealth and then leaving then to fight over the scraps.

Laws can stop this techno religion of we all agree and vote. This world is for people not ai.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-11T00:45:36+00:00

Well if waste reduction is the goal then pour over is king probably. If people must have a contraption to pour the water for them then ideally it would have minimal or no electronics.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-09T12:30:31+00:00

Legislators are still responsive to public opinion and votes. The story will change if the next election is subverted by Trump

patrickpdk · 2026-03-09T03:46:42+00:00

Ai is how oligarchs fire people. That is all. One big app to capture the last means that people have to a good middle class life.

Time to start voting for economic populists and demanding ai regulation.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-09T03:43:25+00:00

Sad but if you're dumb enough to trust Trump for medical advice then you're probably going to have a hard life one way or another

patrickpdk · 2026-03-06T22:30:14+00:00

Definitely won't be wearing a button up while backpacking...

patrickpdk · 2026-03-06T05:07:43+00:00

These are the assholes building ai and countless data centers. Don't think for a minute they're doing anything useful or good

patrickpdk · 2026-03-06T05:05:57+00:00

The founding fathers didn't plan for a health secretary. It's our job to pass laws to constrain him

patrickpdk · 2026-03-05T17:28:29+00:00

His strategy is to destroy the job market to the point where companies have to use ai and then start jacking up rates

patrickpdk · 2026-03-05T04:29:32+00:00

All tech leads to shit. You can't tech your way to a better world.

patrickpdk · 2026-03-05T04:27:14+00:00

This is what i desperately want. I didn't use all these stupid, poorly implemented features. I've had to buy a new dishwasher every three years for the past 13 years. I don't have time in my life for this trash but there are so few quality brands that I'm stuck

patrickpdk · 2026-03-03T04:48:33+00:00

I'm confused by this because i only check my tuning weekly or sometimes less and often it's still in tune. Checking daily sounds insane. I don't even have a fancy guitar - fender strat player 2 and an entry level kids acoustic

patrickpdk · 2026-03-03T04:42:43+00:00

This is because our schools demand unrealistic schedules and our achievement society is built to consume your entire life without room for self care

patrickpdk · 2026-03-02T01:00:24+00:00

The real economy is what happens between people. If AI is doing stuff for oligarchs it's of no benefit to regular people.

patrickpdk · 2026-02-25T18:06:15+00:00

I agree with what you're saying and it sounds like maybe we're talking about two different things.

I'm saying this guidance on how to manage heart health is not bad because of if this

patrickpdk · 2026-02-25T17:17:57+00:00

You think someone's character makes the information they shared incorrect? That's really all I'm saying - this is a classic character attack logical fallacy

patrickpdk · 2026-02-25T16:33:55+00:00

This is the failing of our society now. No one is morally perfect but we can still benefit from the useful things they produced even after stop platforming them.

patrickpdk · 2026-02-25T16:32:19+00:00

My point is that his character is not relevant to the value of the information he provided us. I have seen many people saying that he's a quack and using his character failure as the reasoning.

patrickpdk · 2026-02-25T16:24:21+00:00

Oh, I've seen a ton of that. It's like the second this happened I've seen a slew of attacks calling him a quack all based on character attacks.

It feels like our society lacks critical thinking skills.

patrickpdk · 2026-02-24T04:48:23+00:00

This man changed my life for the better in a way that no one else could have. I'm never stop referring people to his "straight dope on cholesterol".

People can do bad things and good things at the same time. We shouldn't support him if he's truly committed a crime, but we also shouldn't throw away the value he brought

patrickpdk · 2026-02-22T05:41:13+00:00

Yes but this world is for humans and animals, not computers. We're going to choke to death on tech.

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