During college, my class was instructed to study Schopenhauer in political philosophy.
Complete bummer, pessimist, the guy just makes you want to kill yourself.
There was one quote about him though that really opened my eyes.
Schopenhauer's philosophy is the mirror of his own nature... What he saw was not the world, but himself writ large." Nietzsche
Schopenhauer basically talked about himself. Not the world. His prior conclusions on how the world works influenced his work. However, you and I know this is not the correct scientific method to apply.
You have to start from how the reality works and then derive your work.
We fall victim to this everyday.
Humans are so good at interpreting new information to justify their prior conclusions.
Which brings me to AI replacing services.
There is a widespread belief in tech circles that AI is a bigger opportunity than the web itself.
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