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They made computers behave like annoying salesmen | exotext (rakhim.exotext.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Kissaki@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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The population (especially the younger generation, who never seen a different kind of technology at all) is being conditioned by the tech industry to accept that software should behave like an unreliable, manipulative human rather than a precise, predictable machine. They're learning that you can't simply tell a computer "I'm not interested" and expect it to respect that choice. Instead, you must engage in a perpetual dance of "not now, please" - only to face the same prompts again and again.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That’s the second time now I’ve seen this term atomization referring to people.

Are people being turned into atoms now?

EDIT I mean we’re already atoms. But like into a single atom maybe?

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it means social alienation

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That’s what I figured, from context. Was the word “isolation” somehow insufficient? We had to start using this even more vague term?

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

more evocative i guess

[–] StripedMonkey@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Isolation has the connotation of a single thing or individual being... Isolated from the group. Atomization is meant to evoke a sense of the more widespread impact on society. After all, if something only impacts a small subset it's considered... "Isolated"

That being said, atomization is definitely not a new term to describe this...

[–] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

"Nuclear Family" TLDR Early USA zoning policies deliberately encouraged segregation and car dependency and promoted a family household consisting of a Mother, Father and 2.1 children, following industrial era ideas, which are relatively new and rather stupid. Pushed to the logical limit, this led to people getting pushed into housing that is deliberately far apart resulting in increased loneliness (gender free fuckery), and weaker communities, hence "atomization".

Is it fixable? Yeah. This was covered in Environmental Sciences 15+ years ago and most cities are realizing that pedestrianized areas are wayyyy more profitable than asphalt. People complain, but the world keeps going.