- cross-posted to:
- futurology@futurology.today
- cross-posted to:
- futurology@futurology.today
I’m not surprised given the person in charge, but I still feel bad for the guy. Being almost completely paralyzed, it makes total sense to jump at the chance to get some normalcy back.
I didn’t expect 85% of the wires to already detach at this point. In a just society, the whole company would be shut down and the CEO put into a bottomless pit.
Could cybernetic implants be done safely and responsibly? It’s quite possible.
Will cybernetic implants ever be done safely and responsibly under capitalism? Hell no.
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Anybody involved with making or enforcing that decision should be thrown in an oubliette
they WILL use this against people in the future. corporate non-compliance or even dissent will have your implants shut off.
Just like in the hit graphic novel Neuromancer
turns out a bunch of nerds have basically been gaming this out in sci-fi for decades
Sci Fi nerd reporting in: it literally never turns out good. We don’t know enough about what’s going on there to do ANY fucking around.
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Your augs will play ads at random times unless you buy the premium upgrade. And they will play ads in your dreams
Dreams are basically the only place left capitalism hasn’t colonized (sorry
, SpaceX ruined that one). If they ever found a way to inject car insurance and fast food commercials into my dreams, I might actually 
Strawberry Mansion is a ‘fun’ 2021 movie about just that idea.
Futarama also made this observation in 1999 :(
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Or they’ll move to a subscription model even though you paid initially for unlimited access to your [vital organ of choice]