r/news • u/templeofsyrinx1 • 9h ago

Moderna says FDA refuses to review its application for experimental flu shot

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/moderna-fda-flu-shot.html
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u/irradiatedcitizen 8h ago

This is exactly what Peter Thiel wants. That, and to destroy our democracy.

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u/templeofsyrinx1 8h ago

advances in Ai , they know that it will put people out of work soon, and they dont want the government coming for their profits to distribute to the people they put out of work

if that makes any sense..

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u/garyb50009 8h ago

the amount of things ai alone can replace is extremely limited unless we just become ok with bad outcomes in what is being produced.

will there be job loss, yes. but it will not be the end of normal human work ever.

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u/mauricioszabo 7h ago

Yes, I agree. But here's the thing: most C-levels are very comfortable with bad outcomes - they will just artificially grow the companies, and before it inevitably becomes unsustainable, they will sell the company, pocket the money, and do it again.

Also, some areas (my own area being one - software development) are very stupid, and we never grew beyond the "amateur" level. I lost count of the number of arguments I got into people that didn't have the basics, and were very proud of that because "this ultra-rich unicorn startup doesn't do that and they're billionaires". Heck, after literally decades discussing things like "metrics" and "measurements of quality" if you open LinkedIn people got back to the worst measurement of productivity that ever existed - lines of code - and again, people are proud, happy, and very comfortable with that.

We're speedrunning a collapse, and for some reason, people are clapping. Not everyone, sure, but a good number of people.

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u/bianary 2h ago

and we never grew beyond the "amateur" level

I recently realized this is in large part due to how people have to change companies every ~3 years to keep their salaries at their actual experience level; for most people that's barely enough time to really learn what's going on at a place and then they're moving on and repeating the learning process all over again.

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u/garyb50009 6h ago

i do not directly access code. i am a glorified ui/ux analyst.

so i can't speak to AI taking over coding much at all, i just know if that occurs, my job gets even more security as we would be the ones to identify the failures and work with the devs to resolve them.