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The article was interesting, but am I alone thinking that those tenebrous, click-baity titles are bad ?
by mazork 12y ago
The article was interesting, but am I alone thinking that those tenebrous, click-baity titles are bad ?
- raldi 12y agoAgreed. How about, "A visit to Germany's indoor tropical resort"?
- grey-area 12y agoHe's not really just talking about an indoor tropical resort.
- raldi 12y agoOh, then I must've given up before I found the part where he reveals his point. What is it?
- icegreentea 12y agoHe's using it as a tool to think about the implications of space colonies - with the major point being that he believes that space colonies must implement some level of high fidelity individual tracking and monitoring for security purposes / that people would likely accept that loss of privacy for various reasons.
- raldi 12y ago"Life in space would require privacy sacrifices"
- z0r 12y agoIt's a good thing you don't write science fiction for a living :)
- judk 12y ago"Life in high-density civilization will require privacy sacrifices"
- digi_owl 12y agoJapan?
- lmm 12y agoTo a certain extent. Did you see patio11's recent article talking about how his bank manager knew when he was dating and considered this part of his job, his landlord kicked him out when he quit his job, your company will arrange housing and marriage interviews for you?
- digi_owl 12y agoNope, seems to have missed that. But given what i have read, it would not surprise me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri_%28Japanese%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri_%28Japanese%29
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- gaius 12y agoAlso while I enjoy his writing, I feel it's in bad taste to submit your own stuff. It seems pushy.