Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 8 months agowhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?message-squaremessage-square52 fedilinkarrow-up174file-text
arrow-up174message-squarewhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square52 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehackris@lemmy.mlhexbear9·8 months agoThat nearly everyone is carrying a tracking device with them, designed to disguise itself as a convenient entertainment device. linkfedilink
minus-squaresaketaco@lemmy.mlhexbear5·8 months agoAnd yet you still can't ask the device to locate someone. linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orghexbear4·8 months agoGiven this is the era of rising totalitarianism, maybe the surprise would be that there's no legal penalty for not carrying it; people just choose to to the point life will be difficult if you buck the trend. linkfedilink
That nearly everyone is carrying a tracking device with them, designed to disguise itself as a convenient entertainment device.
And yet you still can't ask the device to locate someone.
Given this is the era of rising totalitarianism, maybe the surprise would be that there's no legal penalty for not carrying it; people just choose to to the point life will be difficult if you buck the trend.