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points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 0 comments

They erecting a virtual world bubble to hide from us the devastation AI is going to wreck on the natural world around us.

[–] mvkel 1 day ago

Blinking at a screen 1cm from one's eyeballs feels pretty damn dystopian.

[–] crazygringo 1 day ago

Not really sure how it's any less dystopian than blinking at a screen 2 feet away on your desk, as people have been doing for decades?

To be honest, it feels a lot less dystopian to me. Frees up your body so you can easily alternate between sitting and standing, and move between environments or inside/outside a lot easier.

Like, it's technology adapting itself to our bodies, instead of trying to adapt our bodies to technology by hunching over and developing neck strain and bad backs.

[–] jaypatelani 1 day ago

Just like Silo

[–] reaperducer 1 day ago

This was part of a dystopian National Lampoon recording 50 years ago. It ended on a note about how even when the person closed his eyes, it didn't end.

It went something like "…there's a red light blinking in the darkness. You have a message."

[–] moomoo11 1 day ago

i think this is just a dream as we approach singularity we will wake up.

or at least i might wake up since im the one typing this.

and im arriving at alpha centauri.

all the progress and human evolution, timelines etc with exponential acceleration in the last act.

all to do with the effects of space time travel. the brain needs to remain active even in stasis.

thats the wake up signal.