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> Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest On the contrary: those kids are making the tech real (communicators

• shadowgovt 4y ago
  The Star Trek universe is far more than its tech, and those other things are far more important.
  • morelisp 4y ago
    The kids were watching Roddenberry when they should’ve been reading Lem.
• krapp 4y ago
  That tech brought about a global surveillance panopticon, machine-driven emotional manipulation and corporate control of consensus reality, the death of reason, widespread violence, hate and misinformation, automation that will drive millions into grinding poverty, military drones and deathbots, and will eventually destroy the ecosystem. And the only people who get to ride into space are spooks and billionaires. Smartphones are cool and all, but where is my luxury space communism? Where is my appliance that creates a hot cup of coffee out of raw spacetime for me on command and runs on free energy and space magic? When do I get to stop using money? When can I just spend all day engaging in intellectual and creative pursuits in some kind of jumpsuit or possibly just a futuristic bathrobe?
  • uxcolumbo 4y ago
    Nicely put. Can't wait to be able to engage in intellectual and creative pursuits all day in my comfy futuristic bathrobe ;)