@micsolana @dynamofire Well son, in the age of scarcity, everything had to be rationed out using tokens called "currency". It was v unfair.
when i say "technology" i don't mean snapchat, @dynamofire. a.i., bio, nuclear power --- i'm talking navigation toward post-scarcity.
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@dynamofire i never spoke to motive for dystopian writing (fwiw i feel it's laziness, not evil). my point, once again, is it fixes nothingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dynamofire our only cultural framework for understanding a.i. strong enough to save us is, in story, constantly killing us. extrapolate. -
@micsolana@dynamofire This. Like during Cold War all movie villains were Russian which leads to avg american learning tht Russians are evil
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@dynamofire the problem is not 'showing bad shit.' the problem is accepting it as our certain future. simply disagree re: power of storyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dynamofire always preferred heinlein, but am sure even asimov would allow that fiction might be about a great many thingsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dynamofire no one is making this argument but you, in your strawman. we HAVE the scrutiny. we HAVE the horror. let's try something new.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dynamofire no, I'm saying let's imagine the future we actually want for a while and see what happensThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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