That’s actually something the article talks about. According to the article, assuming women have that “gaze” because men do is the core of the misunderstanding.

I think the whole point was that a female gaze is just way less developed because they aren’t typically the ones observing but the ones being observed. At least that’s what I got from reading the article

I mean there is extensive research on the topic of incentives and how powerful they are. But sure you can go on and believe that humans aren’t subject to being manipulated that way. Have a nice day

People following incentives blah-bkah is people being morons. See also “I was following orders” fallacy applied to army

No? It’s being smart in the system around you. It might be unethical but following the incentives is the easy and profitable option. the incentives are set by the system in which you are living. Capitalism.

Capitalism strives for something? Niice. And I thought “economic system” does not have any strivings

I’m not sure where you got this. Economic, or broader, any social system strives for some kind of goal. Otherwise society wouldn’t have implemented them. In the case of capitalism that goal is return on investments.

Anything has to be enforced because we consistently fail to produce developed and balanced humans. Whatever -ism you try to build around what kind of people we have now, it will fail. So cut the crap about capitalism already

The idea that there could be “developed and balanced” humans that would just resist the drive for profit that dominates our whole economy is just so flawed. We shouldn’t try to make humans that fit the economic model. We should try to make an economic model that fits the humans we have. And the humans we have largely follow the incentives provided by the system, no matter how unethical the outcomes might be.

It’s not people being morons it’s people following the incentives of the system and fulfilling the responsibilities given to them by the companies they work for. Both of those are directly tied to capitalism. Because those “morons” are doing what capitalism strives for: maximizing the return on invested capital.

How exactly do you think that Wikipedia page disputes that companies are incentivised to maximize profit over everything else? It clearly says that

However, the doctrine of shareholder primacy has been criticized for being at odds with corporate social responsibility and other legal obligations.

The social responsibilities have to be enforced from the outside exactly because they are “at odds” with what companies would do without that enforcement.

And how does capitalism have anything to do with it?

Oh that’s a rhetorical question right?

Under capitalism companies have one and only one responsibility: making the most profit from the capital invested in them. This means that the responsibilities of all employees, even/especially those deciding how the company should act, are driven by this directive. A CEO would not be fulfilling their responsibilities to the shareholders if they made decisions that lower their profits without being forced by law to make those decisions.

companies do not exist. Humans do

Companies forwards their directive of maximizing profits to the humans that are employed by these companies.

The concept of responsibility that hard to grasp?

For companies that seems to be case yeah

Have you not noticed that the Windows search has become a meme for being really useful in windows seven and useless in newer versions because it started

1. Searching the web and asking an ai for answers without you wanting that
2. In consequence syphoning out each and every search promt
3. Displaying fucking ads in the fucking search results

And that’s just one example that’s obvious enough to become a meme

BTW: any form of making a Microsoft product worse for profit of Microsoft is enshittification since they have both endusers and sellers of products that only work on windows/in the Microsoft ecosystem locked in with significant costs tied to leaving.

Now that’s something I’m gonna save. And pray that you’re not an agent trying to spread misinformation

Or just 10 billion into the school system? Please? Anything?

Yeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume

Yeah pixels are great in that regard. But they are flagship phones with latest and greatest hardware costing a ton of money.

Also, I absolutely do not need the newest shiniest hardware. I want something that can handle WhatsApp/Signal encryption. YouTube playback would be nice, doesn’t need to be 1080, 720p is absolutely enough on a phone. And frigging security updates for more than a few years. Can we please figure this shit out.

There’s a big difference between alone and lonely, at least for me. And I quite enjoy being alone for extended periods of time. So that’s not a con for me.

That aside, it’s what I’m good at. And it feels good to do something for a living that I’m good at.

Archenemy: There’s a reason to believe

The pruld: We are the souls

Emmit Fenn: painting greys

Hey now! They are also taking on a lot of risk! Like being poor if they somehow manage to miss the golden parachute after messing up on the job