ZeroCool@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoWe Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys | Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fictionwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkWe Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys | Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fictionwww.theatlantic.comZeroCool@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIt does bum me out that the only thing from cyberpunk fiction we actually have are smartphones, evil AI, and the dystopia. I wanna be a fuckin’ cyborg damn it. 😬
minus-squareHackworth@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoStill, I feel like I have to make this choice daily.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI choose Nomad because nothing is walkable so at least I’ll have a car.
minus-squareDeathsEmbrace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNot evil yet just incompetent and the dystopia started with the aristocrats helping transition to capitalism like decades ago.
It does bum me out that the only thing from cyberpunk fiction we actually have are smartphones, evil AI, and the dystopia. I wanna be a fuckin’ cyborg damn it. 😬
Still, I feel like I have to make this choice daily.
I choose Nomad because nothing is walkable so at least I’ll have a car.
Not evil yet just incompetent and the dystopia started with the aristocrats helping transition to capitalism like decades ago.