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foglerek | 8 years ago | on: When sexual selection can lead to a decline in the capacity for survival

Agreed. This is more akin to evolution being stuck in a suboptimal (and perhaps a dead-end) local minima - but it is still natural selection as more pleasing features = survival on an individual scale.

foglerek | 9 years ago | on: Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network

The vast majority (outside HN) would still choose the network where their friends are conveniently already located over privacy concerns. Especially when those concerns involve pictures of their cats or other trivial personal information.

And so the network effects remain.

foglerek | 9 years ago | on: Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes

You're on to something here. Consequently, it seems to be in the best interest of the affluent class to maintain the status quo, as it supports and furthers the divide.

foglerek | 9 years ago | on: Nvidia and Audi aim to bring a self-driving AI car to market by 2020

As do humans (see the various cognitive biases). The question is: does the AI's black box result in a safer outcome?