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"For (the rich), the future of technology is really about just one thing: escape."
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"For (the rich), the future of technology is really about just one thing: escape."
onezero.medium.com/survival-of-th…
"They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs. But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless? What would stop the guards from choosing their own leader?"
"The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers."
This all reminds of a stunning episode of the forgotten sci-fi series Dollhouse, by Joss Whedon.
The premise of the series was that tech was developed that allowed someone's brain to be reprogrammed with a new personality and purpose. Indentured servants were used for this.
The premise of the series was that tech was developed that allowed someone's brain to be reprogrammed with a new personality and purpose. Indentured servants were used for this.
They become the playthings of the super-rich, a living virtual reality game. It's a series that poses many interesting questions, but it's not that great, frankly, UNTIL the last episode of Season, 1 "Epitaph One."
The timeline jumps ahead 10 years to, well, right now. America is in flames. The super-rich have found a way to use the technology remotely and can take over anyone's mind via the internet. They've turned society into a hellscape.
The super-rich live simultaneous lives of excess in as many bodies as they want, while on the streets mobs of mind-controlled beserkers battle to the death as the billionaires fight each other.
It's mindblowing good. One of the best sci-fi episodes EVER.
dailymotion.com/video/x5s1cc7
It's mindblowing good. One of the best sci-fi episodes EVER.
dailymotion.com/video/x5s1cc7
A small band of survivors soldiers on, by avoiding any and all tech and thus retaining control of their minds.
They wrap it up in a neat bow in season 2. Honestly, they should have just ended it with this episode. It's THAT good.
They wrap it up in a neat bow in season 2. Honestly, they should have just ended it with this episode. It's THAT good.
I find myself thinking of this episode often, with each new outrage by the Zuckerbergs and Musks and Kochs and all the other creeps who have hijacked our world and answer to no one.
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