I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.

Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.

  • Runcible [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The future in general. I had bought into the whole "the arc of history is long and bends towards justice" idealism

    edit: I now believe it bends towards climate wars

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I used to play Civ games and believe the ideology of them, too. I looked forward to the science victory. :so-true:

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I feel this. I feel it hard.

      It was one of the big things that turned me from liberal to communist. The promise of liberalism is slow, steady improvement through democracy and capitalism led by the "free world." It was a long and painful process to realize that this is and always was complete bullshit.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        There is no fate except that we make

        While we're on the subject, the best ending to the Terminator franchise was Terminator 2. Everything after that outright threw away that lesson. :doomer:

        • SaniFlush [any, any]
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          2 years ago

          Justice is a human idea after all- not a law of the universe, it only exists once it is created. I'll try to make it real, for you and everyone.

    • lascaux [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      i remember the first time this really hit me. definitely a radicalizing moment