You can replace "Startup culture" with "Modernity" and it reads like many conservatives' feelings about progressive culture. I don't think anyone has ever cared about that, and I don't see why that should be changed because it now affects different people.
Not a solid read on my comment, but it's an interesting point. Sensitivity to those left behind as conservative defense of tradition.
I want every coal miner to lose their job. Every last one. That would be a fantastic thing and a necessary thing. That doesn't mean I want those people to suffer. We can help them out. We can give them assistance and job training.
In other words we can embrace the future without being cruel. That's not a conservative sentiment at all. And yes, many people would like to move forward in a thoughtful way that doesn't leave people in the dust.
As far as affecting different people, LLMs are about to squish the middle class. You can be quite sure that the impact will be very different than when similar changes affect the working class.
> In other words we can embrace the future without being cruel.
That's not "progress is necessary good". We're forming the future, our choices define the future, we're not damned to be powerless and either embrace what cannot be changed or suffer from resisting that which cannot be stopped.
Right now, lots of people are having their first experience that not all progress is necessarily good. It's fun to watch how they suddenly change their tune, much like banks when they need another bailout, and they start talking about "what's good for society" a lot.
> As far as affecting different people, LLMs are about to squish the middle class.
I'll believe it when I see it. We were promised widespread unemployment thanks to robotics, too.
I know people like to politicise things since it usually creates a simple sense of unity and to gives people a sense of moral superiority. Simple is good. We humans like simple. If we didn't go and simplify things we don't deal with every day our already complicated lives would become too difficult to juggle. Their political compass is generally irrelevant. And there's always people who don't like SOME type of change. Conservatives think trans people are crimes against God; Progressive people think more process and regulation in trans conversations is a sin against humanity. Everyone has it hard.
I'm only mentioning this because it helps to sympathise with every person, not just the ones that agree with you. Life has more flavour when you're not focusing on "us or them"
> Conservatives think trans people are crimes against God
You're mistaking christian fundamentalists for conservatives. Conservatives are saying that changing your name doesn't mean you now get to compete in women's sports.
My point was: "Progress is always good, conservatives need to go" has been touted by the same people for decades, and suddenly they want to change the tune when it affects them. It's predictable and should be ignored.
