grumpybozo

@Soyweiser Not as a primary focus, but as a background fact, e.g. Trantor in Foundation.

@Soyweiser It was a bigger theme earlier: 50s/60s. Asimov, Bradbury, and I think Heinlein all used it.

@Amoeba_Girl @sneerclub Is that why it is so repetitive, wandering, and tedious?

@Starseeder @sneerclub That article is a powerful argument for professional editing.
(I do not mean that its topical content makes any such argument.)

@Varyk Kurzweil thought we’d all be quasi-cyborgs on 2 wheels by now.

@skillissuer I have no idea how they could have been *needed* against Ukrainian tanks. My impression was that they didn’t have any tanks with active defense until they got EU/NATO models, but I could be wrong.

@skillissuer Used in Ukraine. Possibly because they were running out of basic antiweapons.

@YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM @sneerclub The joke is in fact so much better, explained.
Thank you.

@sinedpick @sneerclub Nah, I think don’t think he ultimately means icky children living in poverty (ewww) but rather more digital humans living in computers. Unless I’m conflating him with so many flaky/evil others.

@froztbyte @sneerclub Well, if the vast majority of people in a community share a consensus reality and basic principles, you don’t need a formal governance structure to oppress hallucinating sociopaths.

@o7___o7 As this is human perception and emotion being discussed, the viewpoint is not inconsistent with the emotion. I’ve known people who exhibit both together.

@recreationalplacebos It’s right there in the NAME…