One things for sure I won't be buying any SaaS, streaming, or ordering from Amazon if I have no future prospects for work. I already stopped most of my subscriptions because of a layoff unrelated to AI.

We buy food and go for walks as entertainment. It's been refreshing but also obviously scary.

sdevonoes 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Didn’t get the “scary” part. I also keep my entertainment to the minimum dependencies possible. I try to rely on stuff I own: music cds, iso videogames + emulators, physical books or ebooks (thanks Anna), exercise outdoors… ditching streaming like netflix/youtube, buying crap on amazon, uber, etc

	▲	thephyber 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Scary = “if I have no future prospects for work” It’s the combination of AI changing the workplace, the large techs shedding double digit headcount, recruiting / hiring departments being so broken by the AI arms race hitting job applications, and the macro business environment generally being on the downward slope at the moment.
	▲	2ndorderthought 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Scary part is not having a job right now that's all. It's not scary walking around getting more vitamin d

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whattheheckheck 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This feels like the same mechanism for climate change. The actors dont care since they're not completely responsible for that outcome and benefit from ignoring it