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Ask HN: At what point do we agree we are fucking up reality?
If you grew up in the 80s, Cyberpunk was a part of your culture:
Wouldn't it be cool if...
- We could implant nano-bots that augment [X]
- We could change DNA to surmount [THING]
- We could change resistance to [THING]
- We could do [ETC]
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We are here, we built this. We have achieved [THING]
Where stop? Why? Why not?
- trifit 5y ago
- khedoros1 5y agoI clicked to see if there was a clarification to the title. Now I know less about what's going on than I did before I clicked.
- MrYellowP 5y agoI miss the 80s. They lacked thin-skinned people, of which there are way too many nowadays.
- cheezymoogle 5y agoUrsula K. LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven is an apt exploration of the hubris that this worldview entails.
- ceasesurthinko 5y agoWe are almost there, Facebook and TikTok have destroyed the reality of many people today, especially teens.