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Initially read this as hyper escapism but then realised it wasn’t about AI, just 3D. Strange how all the major technologies atm are concerned - at least partly
by Towaway69 1y ago
Initially read this as hyper escapism but then realised it wasn’t about AI, just 3D.
Strange how all the major technologies atm are concerned - at least partly - with escaping reality.
- nowittyusername 1y agoHumans are increasingly living in more and more chaotic environments where they perceive lack of agency (more and more accurately so) and so we crave stability where we have more control. All successful escapes from reality provide that stability.
- Towaway69 1y agoIt's probably also a case of too much bad reality: here a climate crisis, there a corrupt <insert person of influence>, over there a war, next door refugees and everywhere poverty and inflation. And that's just on the front page. Geeees, I think I need some escapism...