Said it before, I’ll say it again: Thanos-snap the very concept of the stock market out of all human history and memory and watch how many problems vanish along with it.
Ok, someone on my feed was talking about a book where this was basically the actual plot, and they didn't say the name, and I thought this was the cover and was going to look it up and... welp. Ok. Is funny, but I am still disappointed. XD
Somehow the most accurate depiction of our future ended being not 1984, not Brave New World, not Fahrenheit 451, but Terry Gilliam's Brazil, depicting a world of "advanced" technology turned cancerous, unreliable, inefficient and constantly breaking down.
There is no place in the modern world for James Bond because there is no need to tell a story about Dr No make US rocket fall down when Elon Musk make his own rocket fall down
At least for the tech industry it's due to the rot economy. Ed Zitron writes about it here: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-rot-economy/ For companies like Boeing one of the big causes is the allowance of stock buy backs by Reagan
The only thing preventing me from buying and reading this book is the price tag of $47,000. I hope my library (which requires 2 forms of ID and 3 letters from medical professionals to access) has a copy.
There was a series similar to this called Revolution. All the electrical power was suddenly goes off on Earth and everyone was trying to survive. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2070791/
👍🏻 I don't know if this is the oldest, but there are so many novels on the same subject.
The show is actually subliminally referring to the founding of United States.
" * any chance of moderating human induced climate change is doomed ;"
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" * any chance of limiting the AI paper clip generator like madness of corporations sole focus on profits is doomed ;"
see quoted thread
I love this. This could’ve been written by me, many times in my tech life.
Here’s more like that (link below).
I hate that so few people are consciously bothered by this shit. The shitfucking quality of tech is fucking egregious, so why aren’t people reacting???
I come to Bee Sky Dot App for jokes and japes, but you've just bashed my head in with a 2-by-4 of reality. I hope you're happy in a way I'll never be again.
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Yes...I think so.
Or did it say somewhere that I missed?
This isn't content.
This is creation.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2070791/
The show is actually subliminally referring to the founding of United States.
...
" * any chance of limiting the AI paper clip generator like madness of corporations sole focus on profits is doomed ;"
see quoted thread
My homemade evil ai just breaks and locks up when I hand it something it can't turn into a bent bit of metal
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Here’s more like that (link below).
I hate that so few people are consciously bothered by this shit. The shitfucking quality of tech is fucking egregious, so why aren’t people reacting???
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