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ava's blog
Personal blog · blog.avas.spacecultureai
ava's blog is a personal blog at blog.avas.space about culture and ai. Since 2024, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “Our workplace LLM mass delusion”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its critiques of technology: a post on how tech is visibly negative, and a piece on a Siri-for-families idea about parental control and children's independence.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
ava's blog documenting life, little projects, tech adventures and more.
Most-linked posts?
- Our workplace LLM mass delusion2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-10
- The tech utopia fantasy is over2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-23
- A frank piece about influencers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-06
What Hacker News says?
Here's a nice article exploring some of the ways tech is visibly negative: https://blog.avas.space/tech-utopia-fantasy/
Comment linking /tech-utopia-fantasy/
on “The tech utopia fantasy is over”Submitted The tech utopia fantasy is over as a story · 375 points
HN discussionVery good. If the author helicopter-parents like that, the son will never learn the consequences of not studying. This doesn't even consider the possibility that the son may not need to study, already having known the material. It fails the account for the growing independence that children need. This would continue a tradition of using technology to enforce parents' will when the parents are not even present. This…
Comment linking /surveillance-children/
on “The Siri for Families Apple Will Never Build”Submitted The 'Return to Office' Lies as a story · 363 points
HN discussionSubmitted Your AI hiring workflow comes at the cost of my loyalty and motivation as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trusting the little guys: issues with 'big tech' alternatives as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Plans for your blog after you die as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our workplace LLM mass delusion as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Privacy is becoming more of a privilege as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My data should not be your cookie jar as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Legal Justifications for a Default Opt-In? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A frank piece about influencers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A frank piece about influencers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The girly wellness aesthetic as a white supremacist dog whistle as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Clones and Data Protection as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Can Stick with It as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Events vs. Privacy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Comfort Bloggers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Online Addiction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Let's talk about your digital remains as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our workplace LLM mass delusion as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Be a good cook when you use AI to edit your writing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Concerning Law Enforcement Exemptions in Draft AI Act Transparency Guidelines as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware of EU-Washing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can agentic AI consent on your behalf? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using AI to inflate your ego as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Offline Regains Its Value as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is AI Psychosis Nonsense? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Downsides of Tech Convenience as a story · 1 points
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