My problem isn't that it was bought by a rich guy, it's all of the things that particular rich guy has said and done about it in just the first week since taking over Communities are delicate, complex things Did you read the thread about the trust thermocline?
CULTURE
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Culture Sustainability in AI Development Questioned
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Yeah, not totally clear how sustainable it is. But the culture seems to be pretty good for now.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Management: Irreversible Damage Assessment
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"Maybe Elon will mess up Twitter, but probably not" was my position a week ago Nothing he has said or done in the past week has supported the idea that he's not going to keep causing irreversible damage Did you see the thread about the trust thermocline?
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Building Tools Responsibly: Ethics of Dual-Use Technology
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I've built tools (like Django) that can be used for truly evil things, and I hate that If Mastodon had been explicitly designed to support evil behaviour I would reject it This particular case feels more to me like rejecting email software because that can be used for evil too
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AI Advances Spark Imposter Syndrome Among Graduate Students
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Every grad student with imposter syndrome is now looking over their shoulder
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Empathy Over Wealth: Building a Better World
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Empathy may not make you rich, but it makes the world a better place.
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Billionaire Narcissism and Economic Inequality in Tech Acquisitions
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As I said in my post, "I can’t see myself putting the same work in to help the world’s (current) richest man pay the billion dollar annual interest on the loans he took out to buy the place on a weird narcissistic whim."
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Student Conference Access and Educational Equity Priorities
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Fair is another question. But if it's a question of my student going to a conference or not, I'll do whatever I can to send them. Things don't always work out fair.
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Human Connection and Conversation as Mental Health Healing
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3/ Reach out, connect, talk: Seek out people you are comfortable with and just talk. It does not have to be profound, career defining conversations. Discussing the latest Netflix series will do too. But you will find that a conversation, any type of conversation, is a healer.
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5 Tips to Navigate Layoff Impact and Mental Resilience
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5 tips if you are impacted by a #layoff.
1/ Don’t brood…too much: ‘Why me?’ thoughts could swarm your mind. It’s natural to some extent, but futile beyond a point. Because the layoff was not about you. How to stop it? Practice thought separation…