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I'm definitely not criticizing anyone who wants to be in the Matrix, I believe in freedom and free will. I read the referenced article and it was yet another on
by droithomme 15y ago
I'm definitely not criticizing anyone who wants to be in the Matrix, I believe in freedom and free will. I read the referenced article and it was yet another one by someone in the Matrix complaining about the Matrix. It seems such a strange complaint since people are not only able to leave at any time but there are many other cyberworlds they could inhabit alternatively, and many they can even create themselves to their own specifications and desires. There is no need to be unhappy with the offerings of a giant multinational conglomerate run by a cynical sociopath with publicly stated contempt for his customers in an age of freedom and choice.
I'd rather save criticism of this fabulously wealthy conglomerate to be directed at the disturbing ways they are trying to claim ownership of things outside their Matrix, such as that of my personal identity, and to track my comings and goings outside their Matrix without my consent. Those parts are disturbing and dangerous, especially when coupled with their deep interest in mixing it up in politics and influencing laws to create a captive universal audience.
Matrix is fine, but I want it to stay bottled up and optional.
- thom 15y agoOkay, so long as we're not being incredibly creepy and paranoid then.
- pak 15y agoYou know what's incredibly creepy? 3000 faceless people in Palo Alto know more about your distant friends than you will ever know. Depending on how much time you spend on the site, they probably also have profiled a sizable portion of your thoughts simply by tracking clicks and pageviews.
- thom 15y agoAnd yet this Christmas we've _still_ all had to manually make our Amazon wish lists, despite being watched round the clock by these crazy sociopaths who know exactly what we're all thinking.