Well played. Technology is cyclical, after all.

I live in SE Europe, 800k city, part of EU. This notion that public transport is well developed over here applies only to more developed parts of the continent. I am in Croatia and trains are... a joke to say the least. In a 800k city we don't have any notion of rapid urban transit. For us a tram is best you can get. Recently I took public transport for fun, took me 1h to get 9km and that's in 8pm, when there is no peak traffic.

I have to drive a car everywhere.

> metal road

TIL metal road is actually gravel road in NZ.

Where is this? Just ballpark it.

Near a famous national park. ;-)

I am just wishing for a day when someone will say to me "Earth is 6000 years old" with a straight face. I'll cherish that day forever in my mind.

Not sure I follow the logic.

It's because you are over-analyzing it.

Been to Bosnia once or twice. Still hitting plum brandy. They just added beer into the mix.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz for the win.

I still miss the quality homemade one when far away from the Balkans.

This sounds dystopian.

I went through a distance learning course and I don't see this being far from it. I mean, it's not like anyone will have to come to the brick and mortar classroom just to sit there and listen to this AI thing talk about CS, everyone will do it from their room.

So on one hand you have a lack of proper instructor and on the other hand lack of social contact. Imagine being 18 and sitting at home alone just you and this AI.

Sounds ok if you are older, but not for the amount of money Harvard is asking for it. I am not even sure what you are paying for here.

Steps to success: (1) Have lots of money. (2) Go to Harvard and have an AI "teach" you. (3) Receive a prestigious degree that indicates your class and signals that you play by the rules favorable to those already in power. (4) Receive a prestigious job that pays you even more money. (5) Have an AI do your job.

Harvard has not been about paying for access to the professors for over 100 years. It's about paying for access to fellow students.

Exactly! Like most top universities. And especially MBAs. I wish I knew it earlier and made better use of it.

Why does Reddit need sales? Genuine question. My guess is to sell ads?

Any company that makes money needs sales. But the main thing reddit sells is ad space. You have to spend a lot of time convincing big advertisers to buy on your platform.

Disney isn't going to just pull up a self service portal to buy ads. :)

The sales people at Reddit actually focus on selling those little plastic bags with goldfish in them to county fairs.

I don’t know why you’d jump to the conclusion that the sales people at an ad-supported website would sell ads.

Computer != smartphone. Social media == smartphone.