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I always wonder if the people that invent these technologies are bragging, like: "You know all the crazy dystopian technology that has ruined the world in futur
by peeters 8y ago
I always wonder if the people that invent these technologies are bragging, like: "You know all the crazy dystopian technology that has ruined the world in futuristic sci-fi movies? I make that!"
- asark 8y agoCheap, ubiquitous wireless Internet, dirt-cheap bit storage, and low-power miniaturized electronics (computers, cameras) have ruined us. I truly don't see a way to a future that isn't pretty damn dystopic, though it may be a relatively comfortable dystopia, at least for some and in some places.
- NikkiA 8y agoThey see them as not-dystopic and think the ideas portrayed are cool and that they're the good guys bringing the masses technology that we want.
- peeters 8y agoI get that argument for Twitter. I don't get that argument for taking something that the masses already hate and making it even more invasive and annoying.
- gelotar 8y agoOr that's just the PR line they deliver to consumers through various marketing strategies. At this point it feels like a tautology to say that the main motivating force is not "cool ideas" but profit. Of course, you can't sell an idea that's not cushioned in "goodness". Corporations seek profit and governments seek control. No amount of "concerned privacy experts" are going to subvert the global trajectory of surveillance capitalism until the amoral paycheck-collectors awake from their hypnosis or the rest of the distracted world does. I see neither happening. In a world where all your movements and actions and communications are recorded, and even your iris' angle of incidence is analyzed, is there any meaning to "free will"?
- JohnFen 8y agoI don't get the impression. I get the impression that they're thinking that they can boost sales.