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More and more it seems like we are slipping towards a dystopia. Inch by inch our privacy rights are slowly being striped away. Not just by governments but by co
by bhhaskin 9y ago
More and more it seems like we are slipping towards a dystopia. Inch by inch our privacy rights are slowly being striped away. Not just by governments but by corporations, and once they are gone it is next to impossible to get them back.
- rublev 9y agoWe are in a dystopia, it's just far more boring and disjointed than what we read about.
- eli 9y agoDystopia is already here, it just isn't evenly distributed?
- colbyh 9y agoeventually consistent dystopias as a service
- jjawssd 9y agoBrilliant. Also known as globalism.
- noobiemcfoob 9y agoEveryone is in one bubble or another.
- criddell 9y agoYou think life is more unpleasant now than 100, 1000, or 10000 years ago? I don't think I'd want to live in any of those eras if given the choice.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y agoLife wasn't unpleasant before modern technology. You might as well say life was in black and white before the invention of the color photograph. Fun for me sometimes consisted of just a stick and a rock or a stick and my dog. The first industrial revolution initially lowered the quality of life and contentment for workers It'd take you less than a month to adapt if there were no time machine.
- criddell 9y agoCompared to today, I'd say life was indeed unpleasant. Just being free of Polio makes a gigantic difference. The opportunities I have for travel, education, healthcare, access to arts, and other experiences are far greater than my ancestors had. The opportunities my daughters have are so much greater than even my grandmother had. I wouldn't give any of it up.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago> The opportunities I have for travel, education, healthcare, access to arts, and other experiences are far greater than my ancestors had. The opportunities my daughters have are so much greater than even my grandmother had. I wouldn't give any of it up. Within a month you'd be over it. It's surprising how well humans adapt to their situation
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- s73ver 9y agoI think that kind of comparison is just silly.
- root_axis 9y agoThe entirety of human history can be accurately described as dystopian, and it has been much worse in the past than it is today, particularly for the demographic of this forum (i.e. affluent software engineers)
- rublev 9y agoThe present age is one of understanding, of reflection, devoid of passion, an age which flies into enthusiasm for a moment only to decline back into indolence. Not even a suicide does away with himself out of desperation, he considers the act so long and so deliberately, that he kills himself with thinking -- one could barely call it suicide since it is thinking which takes his life. He does not kill himself with deliberation but rather kills himself because of deliberation. One can't really prosecute this generation, for its art, its understanding, its virtuosity and good sense lies in reaching a judgment or a decision, not in taking action.
- bitJericho 9y agoI'm gong to have to think on this...
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- kabdib 9y agoThe dystopia is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. [after William Gibson...]