Here's a dystopian vision of the future: A real announcement I recorded on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train. (I've subtitled it so you can watch in silence.)
Ironic Update: My tweet implicitly warning about the danger of a social system that values people based on an abstract score has done some good numbers and has increased my Twitter follower count, thus has slightly increasing my social status on here.
Here's another video from my holiday to China. What's amazing is that enormous developments like this are *all over the place*.
Most depressing part about having an Unexpected Viral Smash Hit is the not-insignificant number of people saying “Hey what’s wrong with that?”.
Also the amusing number of American MAGA types tweeting basically “This is what liberals want!”, without seeming to understand what, umm, liberalism, actually is.
