I personally think we’re on the slope of enlightenment - quantum computing no longer attracts as much hype as it used to, but in the background, there’s a lot of interesting developments that genuinely might be very important.

Wow, a calamity of epic proportions, who could’ve predicted it? /s

But for real, plastic manufacturers have a lot to answer for.

lol, looks like Elon Fuck’s brown nosing has failed miserably.

These points are all absolutely correct, and generally follow a trend of protectionism sweeping across the globe, but there’s also a genuine concern about how Tiktok shapes public POV based on CCP decisions(for example, suppressing content about the excessive Covid lockdown, the Uyghur and Tibetan genocide, and suppression of Hui Muslims, Hong Kong and other minorities in China).

In my case, it was to increase the number of available job opportunities rather than any genuine interest.