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   Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 08:07:12 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

   I've stopped caring about new tech and become more political because in general we have sufficient technology to make everyone's lives better.

   The problem isn't that we don't have enough or good enough technology. The problem is that the people in power aren't interested in making everyone's lives better.

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     Bonnie “Bee” K (zombierustpunk@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 03:24:36 JST Bonnie “Bee” K

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     @malcircuit If someone invented the replicators from Star Trek today, the government would strictly enforce copyright law on the “patterns” to “create a market”. Capitalists love false scarcity.

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     Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 03:24:37 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

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     Or to put it another way, we've reached the point where any new technology that's being pushed (EVs, AI, cryptocurrency, NFTs, etc) is more likely to just make some lucky self-aggrandizing moron into a billionaire than it is to make your life better in any meaningful way.

     In fact, it's more likely to make your life worse.

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