[scotty79]

I hope that when bullshitting becomes near free and effortless then the processes will evolve in the direction of cutting out the bs and focusing on verifiable facts.

For now bullshitting seems to be some kind of inane proof-of-work for human interactions.

[pjmlp]

That is why in many big corp products, certification ends up being the gateway to the play room, even though many of them aren't really that great, while a few of them feel like a CS degree that must be revalidated every two years.

Access to support, product trials, customer partnerships, SDK, only after that shinny paper, or nowadays Credly badge.

[bityard]

Back when the web was new and everyone was just getting online through dialup accounts, I thought to myself, finally the era of misinformation, media manipulation, and general bullshittery will come to an end because everyone will be able to fact-check and research the truth on everything. It will be a star trek utopia, minus warp drive and Vulcans.

Oh well, I guess it was called science FICTION for a reason.

[Terr_]

As somebody quipped a few days ago, it was optimistic to think that the internet would improve the real world, as opposed to the real world problems diffusing into the net.

[pixl97]

Turns out bullshit asymmetry theory is impossible to beat.