Ackshually, the immigration debate is irrelevant because we are all going to become AI slaves 🤓

There's actually a really really ugly truth inside this tech-right/maga-right H1B issue that almost no one has touched.

Are you ready?  No one is going to like this.

Let me first set up the framing a bit.

Tech-right wants Top-0.1%+ global-level geniuses.  Ok, fine, tech wants…

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Ackshually, the immigration debate is irrelevant because we are all going to become AI slaves 🤓 https://x.com/yishan/status/1872563134072049685

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The whole post reads like a massive overanalysis. Unemployment is at historic lows, hardly anyone is *actually* experiencing a lack of meaningful work in any field due to foreign labor. It's all vibes and pre-conceived views on immigrants, not principled or based in reality.

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The second half seems like fantasy. "Automation" has been right around the corner ready to replace every low-skilled laborer for decades and it hasn't happened. Automation so far has just lead to new opportunities and potential for new industry/employment, no reason to believe AI is any different imo.

Whatever your decentralized, borderless, neutral, censorship-resistant open blockchain question is, the answer is YES… to Crypto!

I think that's wise. There's a lot of missed nuance in tweet-sized debates, and so often people don't rely on actual data (or misrepresent data in a way not obvious to a casual reader) to draw their conclusions and the whole thing becomes a massive waste of everyone's time.

I think it’s mostly divisive natures blathering from all sides where people just write and write about stuff to support their preconceived notions and argue online

We need more IRL discussions where people can communicate and experience each other face to face. At least, I think I need it. 

This is why I meet to avoid and abandon text based social media debates.  Can’t learn anything and definitely can’t understand the other person.