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This reads like from some dystopian sci-fi book.
by zouhair 5y ago
This reads like from some dystopian sci-fi book.
- kache_ 5y agoYou're in one
- the_lonely_road 5y agoIt’s better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission. But what happens when there is no one to ask for forgiveness from?
- fumar 5y agoDon’t you ever think – “what would the world be like if the bad guys won?” Who said they didn’t? It is all in the eye of the beholder. If we apply some ethics like the golden rule to modern existence, then you spend your time debating where to apply it because it’s near impossible.
- excalibur 5y agoYet still preferable to the alternative
- SQueeeeeL 5y agoI guess we could literally be shot as soon as you leave the womb, so I guess you're right
- hanniabu 5y agoI'll bite, what's the alternative?
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- moosey 5y agoAt a minimum, this is a false dichotomy. Stopping for a moment to think creatively, there are many alternatives. Many of those alternatives would probably serve human welfare better than what we have today. Living in the country that produces and exports the most weapons, and that also extracts the most hydrocarbons, I came to believe that I lived a superior life via effective propaganda. Now I come to see that these actions are not only against my values, but that they also cause great harm. There must be superior alternatives.
- asteroidbelt 5y agoThe only superior alternative is robots and UBI. And it is inevitable. Deliveries can be done by wheeled drones, and drones are cheaper.
- selestify 5y agoI’m really curious, as another citizen of that country, how does the exports of weapons to foreign places cause us personal harm?
- egypturnash 5y agoI have been reading SF for most of my entire life and I am not sure I can think of a single book that presented "de facto rule by extremely powerful corporations" as a good thing. They're pretty much always villains when they show up.
- fumar 5y agoBy the time I've eaten lunch, I've been exposed to propaganda from every media portal in a fairly relentless manner both in the form of advertising and manufactured messages disguised as news. That may include comments created by algorithms and posted by bots impersonating persons. I can't deny that existence increasingly feels inauthentic by design and that alone creates subtle anxiety every day. Add in the constant high-attention grabbing headlines, images, or videos – are those the cause of my escapist dreams? Like you, science fiction has been a cornerstone of my life since early childhood. For the longest time, I believed our digital selves we're capable of being functional alter egos in a new digital medium separated from physical existence, but that is not what happened. Instead, our real selves and the digital world have merged and in many ways they are inseparable. The pitfalls of this intertwined world are all too visible as society finds itself in drastic divides ranging from political views to music tastes. This coming from someone who believed positive technology advancements would outweigh the negatives, but I can only see the downsides lately. I think I lost the plot and it is all too blurry now. Maybe I need a vacation.
- pasquinelli 5y agoto me it sounds idiotic. i guess if you consider idiocracy a dystopia. "the computer did the auto-layoff thing and now we don't have any money!"
- thatguy0900 5y agoAmazon has plenty of money though? Their bet is that no matter how badly they treat their workers, there will be more. They seem to be right. Worse case they have to start treating them well now and still saved all that money in the past. Hardly idiocracy.
- pasquinelli 5y agobrawno made a lot of money too
- pasquinelli 5y agooh, i just realized that maybe you don't know i'm referring to the movie "idiocracy".
- thatguy0900 5y agoOh, I knew the reference,I just had you confused.I thought you meant Amazon was the idiot running out of money in this situation, but I think now you meant the workers working for them are? That makes more sense.
- akudha 5y agoThe only question was how much poo we wanted there to be. Though gross, That one sentence should tell us their entire line of thinking. Absolutely nothing will happen to them and they know it. Mistreat one guy, there are 10 others to take his place. There is zero incentive to treat people well. Unionizing would help, but that doesn’t seem to be happening either
- ihsw 5y agoAmazon gets a free pass because they posted "BLM" and "Pride" on their Twitter page and they hire ~~party secretaries~~ diversity officers. Pay your tithe pleb.
- heavyset_go 5y agoThis is the reality for anyone working in an app-based marketplace. The workers are the product, and they're treated like a product.
- tmm84 5y agoMore like the scene from Maximum Overdrive where the trucks come to the fuel station and demand to be filled with fuel.