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When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is: "The only winning move is not to play."
by metoobruh 3mo ago
When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is:
"The only winning move is not to play."
- p1esk 3mo agoIt’s nice to be rich I guess
- bigyabai 3mo agoIt's even nicer having freedom.
- j-bos 3mo agoOften bought with riches.
- bigyabai 3mo agoMore often with principles.
- Grimblewald 3mo agoi think you underestimate the starting capital required to be able to stand with principles in the modern world. I'm lucky to be in such a position, but I'm also aware few are.
- Guestmodinfo 3mo agoYou don't need money to live a principled life. Change your life lens. Seek the truth, change the company. There are several places that don't ask you to compromise your morals or principles. Be in touch with principled people, learn from them. I never care about money and so I never have it but I have never been found wanting when I need it. God will make it happen. No worries.
- fhfnfhfbjffj 3mo agoYou’re not enlightened. You’re ignorant.
- cortesoft 3mo agoFreedom is pretty useless without food
- metoobruh 3mo agoThe other day I was digging through a grocery store dumpster, pulling out a truck load of good food for free, as usual. A couple young Indian immigrants came walking by, avoiding eye contact with this dirty, low class American. I offered one of them a beer. He was excited for about .5 seconds, then asked, "Wait, did that come out of the dumpster?" and suddenly decided he didn't want it. Shrug. Back to the cubicle for him I guess.
- eikenberry 3mo agoOr be willing to move.
- metoobruh 3mo agoOr be willing to do without all the fluff and luxuries and live a simple and humble life, to avoid enslavement of oneself and one's family to the Beast.
- thin_carapace 3mo agoi rarely use ai, however i must constantly sift through ai blog posts like this one to find actual communication. should i leave the internet to win the game against ai? well i did the next best thing and got a nokia brick phone, yet facebook still knows how to recommend those i meet in real life!! i tried not playing but im still in the game. does that mean the only way i can win is to kill myself?
- Alien1Being 3mo agoThat strategy would not be guaranteed to work. An AI simulation of you would post on HN. Welcome to the future. As always 99% of it is poor quality slop...
- em-bee 3mo agowhy are you on facebook?
- thin_carapace 3mo agoi have an account from when i was a teenager that i sometimes use to talk to family. why do you ask? based on my anecdote we are all tracked by facebook, whether or not we are on facebook.
- cortesoft 3mo agoIt was confusing hearing that Facebook was recommending people to you when you made it sound like you were choosing to opt out of those things. I am not sure how your anecdote would show you are all tracked by Facebook even if you aren't on facebook; you only received recommendations for people to friend on facebook because you are on facebook. I am not on facebook, so i have never had facebook recommend anyone to me.
- thin_carapace 3mo agomy phone cant run facebook. by choosing this phone i am opting not to have facebook track me on a constant basis. however, based on whatever signals are available to everyone elses phones, facebook still tracks me. and facebook is doing the same to everybody including you - not sure if youre aware of the concept of shadow profiles?