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MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian"(www.spiegel.de)

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saucyloggins@lemmy.world
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Trump is almost 1:1 a character straight from Transmetropolitan.

Then you have people like Elon that are straight from any cyberpunk media corporate heads.

The parallels between the themes of a cyberpunk dystopia and the present are drawing pretty close.

We just don’t get any of the cool shit like cybernetic implants.

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Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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We will but they’ll be owned by Musk et al

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CaptKoala@lemmy.ml
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And if your don’t pay your bill, your eyes will shut down, vision as a subscription service mwah

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Rooty@lemmy.world
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The new iSight, for only 69.99$/mo.

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