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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Programmers are familiar with the idea of abstraction taxes, but underestimate magnitudes. 10-100x improvements are generally ripe for the taking. Why? Fairy tales about option value for comfortable devs.
We need a similar understanding about the dangers of ethical abstraction. Examples: efforts to destroy geopolitical alliances and diplomacy, "effective altruism", anti-vaccine nonsense, opposition to wealth taxes, etc. All justified on theoretical harms, ignoring practical effects.