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Here's a clip from the Lex Fridman interview with computer scientist Peter Wang. It's only 8 minutes long, so I recommend watching it all, but focus on the "dystopian" part that begins at 4:30.



Wang's description chills me because it sounds very plausible, if you assume the world is headed for a major decline. Thanks to global warming combined with other factors (my top picks would be widespread technological unemployment, overpopulation, and mass deaths caused by military drones or bioweapons), poor countries and tropical countries could experience sudden and catastrophic "collapses," while in rich and temperate countries, the decline will be more gradual and there will be "narrative management," with the middle classes used to insulate the rich and powerful from the angry and desperate poor. Technology-induced social alienation will also prove very destructive in ways we can't predict at present.

The scenario scares me because I already see outlines of it now.
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And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
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New MoviePass App Will Use Eye Tracking To Force You To Watch Ads

Published 22 hours ago

Unskippable ads are annoying, right? My fellow British YouTube watchers have probably heard enough of the Just Eat ads to last a lifetime. But at least you don't actually have to pay attention to them, right?

Well, thanks to MoviePass rearing its controversial head once more, we might not be able to say that for much longer. The MoviePass 2.0 app is set to launch this summer, and will sustain itself using microcurrency and ads. However, unlike ads on any other platform, you will be forced to actually watch them, as they'll only play when your eyes are looking at the screen.

https://www.thegamer.com/moviepass-eye-tracking-ads/


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The 2008 video game was more prescient than I want to admit.
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wjfox wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:52 pm
What movie is that?
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Doozer wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:10 am
wjfox wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:52 pm
What movie is that?
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wjfox wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:52 pm
This might actually be a reality


And for the record, I'd absolutely pay a pretty penny to eat myself.
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