classic Singaporean energy to watch Minority Report and think that that’s a good thing that you should actually suggest that your government ought implement, nvm that the movie is literally about how such technology would be abused
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kinda wondering if people just don’t interpret dystopian fiction as a warning anymore, especially in TV or movie form. it’s the same issue as with war movies that try to show how war is hell: they make it look too good
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Liars poker was a warning about finance and the author kept getting stopped in the streets by finance bros saying he inspired them to get into finance
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This is strong evidence that something has broken down in our inter-generational transmission of morals.
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I think I fundamentally disagree with you on most conclusions but I agree with a ton of your observations ... including something very odd about embrace of dystopia trend...
What I conclude is a perverse aversion to utopian dreams!
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Rather than seeing the "bit too rosie" side of people managing to fight dystopia. .
I see people who dream of struggle and fight for justice as life defining..
... a land of fit healthy people partying and engaging in art and races and song...with personal agency...?privilege?
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Do Not Do This Cool Thing but where the Cool Thing is totalitarianism
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Guys, do you have resources on how to be cool? I think the Pursue of Coolness is really important to the young person, even if we don't want to admit it.