tezz
@tezz@mastodon.uno replied  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago
@iiradned @pluralistic
This is my boss. And the boss of my boss. And so on.

I'm not receiving any promotion this year. 馃榿

#friction#PersonalLifeMatters
Koen Hufkens, PhD
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

On why friction should not be reduced, by @pluralistic.

Optimizations by companies rarely serve their employees or customers, only shareholders. Friction is often served with sauce of social malfeasance.

By extension, reducing friction in governance impacts lives even more profoundly. Consumers have some choices, it is harder to sidestep governments. e.g. automated policing puts the accountability for errors on your side. Guilty until proven otherwise.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#friction
Koen Hufkens, PhD
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

On why friction should not be reduced, by @pluralistic.

Optimizations by companies rarely serve their employees or customers, only shareholders. Friction is often served with sauce of social malfeasance.

By extension, reducing friction in governance impacts lives even more profoundly. Consumers have some choices, it is harder to sidestep governments. e.g. automated policing puts the accountability for errors on your side. Guilty until proven otherwise.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#friction

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Koen Hufkens, PhD
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp last month

"The idea of frictionlessness has very narcissistic ... Because being actually touched, being inconvenienced, being emotionally moved, having your mind and perception changed means acknowledging your fellow human beings around you, realizing their differences to you and to recognize their value."

Bleak but true observations by @tante

https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

#friction#AI #philosophy
Koen Hufkens, PhD
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp last month

"The idea of frictionlessness has very narcissistic ... Because being actually touched, being inconvenienced, being emotionally moved, having your mind and perception changed means acknowledging your fellow human beings around you, realizing their differences to you and to recognize their value."

Bleak but true observations by @tante

https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

#friction#AI #philosophy