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The solution is as obvious as it is effective: take our voices off of the internet. Only face to face can possibly matter or be trusted. Yes, it will slow down
by wussboy 4y ago
The solution is as obvious as it is effective: take our voices off of the internet. Only face to face can possibly matter or be trusted. Yes, it will slow down the pace at which we hurl ourselves into technological nihilism. But that’s a good thing.
- a_bonobo 4y agoIsn't that the solution they came up with in Dune? The Butlerian Jihad?
- ghkbrew 4y agoYes, but it but humans have been afraid that machines would replace them since long before Frank Herbert wrote about it. For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
- iskander 4y agoLuddites weren't afraid that they would be replaced by machines, they were skilled weavers who had already been replaced by programmable looms. Both their status/role in society and their income were significantly decreased as the available jobs switched from artisanal weaving to operating industrial looms in a factory.
- kuhewa 4y agoIt's a huge huge step back. That's like a before telegraph, before semaphore, before printing press step back.
- onetokeoverthe 4y ago[dead]
- yencabulator 4y agoSurely a scifi short story publisher personally knows and lives near enough good scifi authors that they can just ask their friends to write all the stories, right?