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by gizajob 1161 days ago
It's one thing "faking it until you make it" where consumer trinkets and timewasterish websites are concerned, it's a whole other matter where people's health and lives are at risk. That isn't an arena for faking it.
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The first things I think of with "fake it til you make it" are Tesla FSD[0] and Reddit[1]. To this day, if you visit Reddit while logged out it makes the claim that it's a place for "empathy"[2].

Reddit is a hotbed of harassment, targeted abuse, political extremism, celebration of violence, and encouragement of health disorders. Depending on Tesla's self driving technology has gotten people killed. Let me know if you want any citations for those claims but I think you probably know examples of what I'm referring to in each case.

I would posit that people's health and lives are more at risk in both examples, but nobody is being imprisoned for it. Both companies are well aware of the risks but choose to profit off it rather than take responsibility.

[0] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-08/tesla-laws...

[1] https://www.inc.com/karl-and-bill/best-advice-fake-it-until-...

[2] https://i.imgur.com/y1Sicxl.png

Give it time. Tesla may be heading to court over FSD and social media is getting a whipping in congressional hearings.
You can at least buy a Tesla and browse Reddit though…