At least with VR and 3D printing there was a sense of wonder and whimsy about it: that we were living in magical times.
There's always has and always will be a "Vulture Culture" on HN that rubs my FSF sensibilities somewhat the wrong way from time to time, but with this latest AI and crypto bubble it really feels like that shared sense of wonderment is being greatly usurped by the vulture crowd to a toxifying degree.
They don't want to grow money in 10 years. They want to make money now. It really hasn't always been this bad.
There's always has and always will be a "Vulture Culture" on HN that rubs my FSF sensibilities somewhat the wrong way from time to time, but with this latest AI and crypto bubble it really feels like that shared sense of wonderment is being greatly usurped by the vulture crowd to a toxifying degree.
They don't want to grow money in 10 years. They want to make money now. It really hasn't always been this bad.