Former Amazon CEO to co-head Project Prometheus with tech executive Vik Bajaj, according to the New York Times

Former Amazon CEO to co-head Project Prometheus with tech executive Vik Bajaj, according to the New York Times

  • ook@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    61·
    23 hours ago

    You… do know the name comes from Greek mythology and not that movie? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

    It is the god that stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. A much more favourable view on the name. Sorry, I am just really concerned that someone thinks of that movie first when hearing the name.

      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        22·
        8 hours ago

        I didn’t know of the myth, can I have a billion dollars now? I promise I won’t even traumatize Bill Shatner by uncaringly shaking champagne around him like some kind of personified satire.

        Edit: Why am I downvoted for a joke?

    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      24·
      8 hours ago

      Fair play, TIL.

      I figured it was something from Greek mythology (probably), but I don’t have that particular kind of special interest so I never looked into it.

      As to your concern I imagine the vast majority know of it from the movie, not an obscure greek myth. Like surely you understand that’s pretty niche compared to a multimillion dollar blockbuster?

      EDIT: why am I downvoted for admitting I didn’t know something? Not knowing something and admitting it, even being proud of having the opportunity to learn something new is always a good thing. It is something we should encourage in people. Fucking dotworld I swear man.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        You’re good. I upvoted. People downvoting are leery of anti-intellectualism (and not without good reason).

        But I don’t see that in your comment. You simply didn’t know something, and you didn’t get mad when corrected. You acknowledged you just didn’t know yet.

        In addition, your guess that the majority who recognize the name associate it with something from pop culture rather than classical mythology is likely accurate. Those who were taught this in school, or who had the resources at hand to teach themselves — public libraries, internet access, free time, etc — often forget that in most of the world knowledge remains a privilege, whereas the right to pay for entertainment is nearly always guaranteed.

        If you’d like to read some of these stories, along with commentary about them, I would recommend A Guide to Mythology by Helen Clark, which is public domain and thus free. You can listen to it for free as well.

        Edit: add links and additional resources

        • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          23·
          8 hours ago

          I can understand, but really, though? Why would you expect anyone to know something so niche?

          You should be grateful I’m actually happy to learn about it, and that you had the opportunity to tell me about it, spreading knowledge, especially on something as cool as classical literature and history is a good thing.