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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They're talking about the visions of sci-fi authors, filmmakers, and artists. The tech Bros are the ones being drawn towards those artists' visions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the "torment Nexus" meme

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Look what has been done with 1984 and A Brave New World.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It aint the same vision.

They smashed the Rose-colored glasees in favor of orher lenses, one tinted the color of money. The other a swirl of gluttony, power, and dopamine.