325 / The sterile future *they* want
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325 / The sterile future *they* want
To restate the argument in more obvious terms.
The eventual end state of labor under automation has been understood by smart men (ie not shallow libshits) for ≈160 years since Darwin Among the Machines. The timeline to full automation was unclear. Technocrats and some Marxists expected it in the 20th century.
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AI is entirely to blame for why most inboxes are useless.
The tech has made email marketers vastly more confident in their production to delivery pipeline, which means I’m receiving 5 emails when there used to be one - and getting 5 emails doesn’t 5X my interest in the sale. Of all things, it 1/5ths it with each message that arrives.
Even my text
💭 THINKING ABOUT: THE RISE OF TECH-FORWARD DYSTOPIAN AESTHETICS 💭 in recent media, and how this look seems to have evolved from subversive to… aspirational?
The “panopticon-core” visual trend has been gaining steam over time (think imagery featuring facial recognition, bounding boxes & CCTV footage) (referencing... See more
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