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The trade-offs required to make AR glasses possible are so high at a societal level that maybe the product shouldn't be built at all — it should be stopped.
Patel raises a serious counter-argument that the privacy costs of AR glasses may be too great to justify building the product, suggesting it should be halted. ✦ AI generated
Nilay Patel · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-10 · original ↗
And maybe you shouldn't. Like, there's an incredible argument for, nope, you shouldn't do that. Nope, the trade-offs required to make this product are so high at a societal level that we should stop it.
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- ·Some trade-offs may be too costly to justify the product
- ·Societal-level costs could outweigh AR glasses' benefits
- ·Patel: maybe this product should be stopped
- ·Privacy costs may be too great, Patel argues
- ·Not every possible product should be built
- ·Halting development framed as valid outcome
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