I think in general, if it were cheaper to live, we would see a shift in priorities, what people focus on, etc. More art, less grift.

Genuinely good people get caught up in rat races trying to reach their ceiling while they can. If they didn't feel that pressure, maybe they'd be doing something else.

In other words, if your organization is made up of a bunch of geese that lay golden eggs, by all means let them lay eggs, but don't ignore the fact that your organization could itself be a goose that lays golden eggs together.

Is it just "I have a question, go find the answer(s), even if it means asking other people"?

The typical themes of things that get posted on HN are not compatible with this idea, which is why it comes across so jarringly to many. They aren't selling, prescribing, recruiting, etc. They are sharing a vision, and to deeply understand and appreciate the vision you have to get your hands dirty and do some digging into what they've prepared for us to see thus far.

Yes, it is intended to be useful to many one day, and they claim it "actually works" _now_, but if you read carefully (and you should!), they are trying very hard to maintain (and gradually grow) a beautiful little flame of a vision. PARC, on the other hand, had 10 years. Afterwards, industry ran with the ideas they wanted, and Alan Kay has been beating the "you missed the big ideas!" drum since. The Dynamicland group is trying to learn from this lesson of history.

Kudos to the group.

These side effects can be scary to someone that doesn't anticipate them (or just doesn't want them), but the "benefits" of LSD often point to the loosening of your sense of self, seeing unfiltered reality, etc.

TLDR: these side effects can be seen as good in the right context.

Important to note that there are also 10x environments that make everyone in them 10x as effective.

This is (I think) supposed to be a shared language between note-taking apps (and eventually others that include "thoughts" I presume). The hopes are that it does "affect everybody," but it is not something that can "affect everybody" without "apps" speaking in this shared language.

If you are not somebody who works on these kinds of things, then yea, probably useless to you for now. I think the author wants interoperability at the "thought" level between apps that support users inputting their ideas.

I don't think beginners actually make this connection for a while. Linked Lists are introduced analogously to arrays, sets, etc. Beginners think about Linked Lists in terms of what they already know.

As a beginner, I thought of Linked Lists purely as non-contiguous arrays, even though there are deeper concepts behind them.

Unless the beginners already have the perspective of "same having the power as the whole", I don't think this connection gets made for a while. Linked Lists don't expose so much possibility on their own.

I think this is the wrong question to ask -- "what end is this a means to anymore". One of the largest challenges in life is pursuit of meaning, and Zuck has, at least he thinks, found it. He still has consequences, but they are higher up on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

You could argue that those in charge should have enough at stake to feel the burn of a layoff like this, but this issue isn't dissimilar to biology. We often make local (and temporary) sacrifices on behalf our own bodies, knowing "we" will still be around afterwards to enjoy life and the removed parts won't (removing limbs, wiping out blood cells, organ removal, etc.). This isn't 1:1 with Zuck, because Zuck is more than just his role in Meta, but close enough.

The alternative being proposed sounds much worse: price control (based on ingredients?)? Not all products are mere sums of their parts, and some people prefer the premium experience regardless of the differences.

They aren't literally charging based on gender - but different brands targeted towards different genders offer different prices and experiences. If the products really are that similar, the other gender can buy the other gender's product no problem.