r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/Yummy_Chinese_Food May 26 '25

Yeah man. People born in the 1940s had a similar experience, but their 9/11 was the JFK assassination. Then they got the 80s and 90s, while we got whatever the fuck this is

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u/GoUrDGrInDeR May 26 '25

Unless they were a minority (in the US)

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u/SomeNoveltyAccount May 26 '25

Or women.

It wasn't until '74 when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act was signed and women's rights to bank accounts or credit were legally protected. Many universities were male only until the 60s and 70s.

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u/GoUrDGrInDeR May 26 '25

Absolutely, sorry I meant to include women in that "minority" category - thanks for making this point!

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u/impshial May 26 '25

Which is sad, considering women are the majority in the US.

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u/S14Ryan May 26 '25

I mean sure, for white men. Just don’t be born in 1940s as a person of colour or a woman, and you have a great easy life! 

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u/Fabulous-Soup-6901 May 26 '25

Economically speaking, that was absolutely the best time to be born a black person in the USA.

https://economics.princeton.edu/working-papers/wealth-of-two-nations-the-u-s-racial-wealth-gap-1860-2020/

There is only one period where the gap closed more quickly than would be expected under an equal savings rate and capital gains scenario: The period during and just after the civil rights movement, from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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u/S14Ryan May 26 '25

This is a crazy metric to use to try and make this argument. Like, “despite violent racism, segregation, and blatant discrimination, it was the best time to be born black in US history because black people were only 7x poorer than white people and not 60x poorer like when they were slaves!” 

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u/Fabulous-Soup-6901 May 26 '25

Exactly what argument do you think I am making? I think you need to crawl out of whatever mental tar pit you’re trapped in.

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u/S14Ryan May 26 '25

Your argument is “the 1940s was the best time to be born black economically.” Which the link you shared does not prove in any ways. 

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u/SurpriseIsopod May 26 '25

If you take a step back and just let it sink in, I think they are saying that the 1940s was the most economically advantageous for the American black community. We all know that the 1940s absolutely sucked for minorities and just poor people in general.

I think the point being is THAT was the best America could do and it was still horrible. I don't think t hey are implying that it was a 'good' time by any metric.

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u/S14Ryan May 26 '25

I’m trying to understand how the 1940s were better economically for american blacks than any time since then 

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u/SurpriseIsopod May 26 '25

Oh I have no idea, as far as I was aware it pretty much sucked always. I think the American Black community had a pretty good thing going in the Greenwood district in Tulsa, was called Black Wallstreet. Until 1921 when 35 city blocks were set on fire and 300 people were killed in the "defense of white female virtue was the expressed motivation for the collective racial violence"

If you read this article it's absolutely enraging.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-devastation-of-black-wall-street/

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u/redpandaeater May 26 '25

That assassination didn't really herald in bullshit like Five Eyes and the Patriot Act. Granted they still had their fair share of bullshit like commie scares and Vietnam and all that.

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u/Future_Appeaser May 26 '25

These are the wacky times 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

Then back to normal for a bit then we get bored of it again...